Catholic School Teacher Fired for Having In Vitro

ABC News ^ | May 11, 2006

[RobbyS]

The Church is not telling people to have more babies than they can care for. The best way to get the birth rate down is to get a proper health system going. Families will have fewer children if they are convinced that the ones they are having will survive.

[swmobuffalo]

Sure. Try telling the Church that.

[RobbyS]

You are trying to blame the Church for the large number of children born in Bangladesh. Again, people have lots of children where many of them die in infancy and have fewer ones once they are convinced that the children they have are likely to survive. As the death rate goes down, so does the birth rate.

[old and tired]

Well, but they are telling all their adherants to have children whether or not those children survive or have any kind of chance at a normal life. Talk about the millions in China, how about all the third world children living in garbage dumps and not surviving past the age of two or three?

I don't know if your ignorance is willful or unintentional, but rarely in all my years have I seen someone with so much hatred for the Catholic Church.

[Non-Sequitur]

just wondering how many years she took birth control pills.

How do you know she even did? The article doesn't say.

[therut]

Diaphrams work by preventing implantation.. Do not let a physician tell you otherwise. I will not put them in for this reason.

[armydoc]

Diaphrams work by preventing implantation.. Do not let a physician tell you otherwise. I will not put them in for this reason.

I think you are thinking of IUD's. Diaphragms/cervical caps are placed in the vagina, not the uterus, and only attempt to block the passage of sperm and to keep spermacidal jelly/foam in place. I know of no evidence that they prevent implantation of a fertilized ovum. Do you?

BTW, I agree, you can't trust physicians as far as you can throw them! ;)

[therut]

Yes I meant IUD's. I got so angry when a hispanic woman came in and asked about getting an IUD places. She told me she used one before. I informed her how they work,pros and cons of using one. I noticed she got an awful look on her face and tears in her eyes. She had no idea that they worked that way. She said she was never told. She did not ever want an IUD again.

[linda_22003]

The diaphragm is a barrier method, pure and simple. You can't spell it, and you don't know how it works.

[linda_22003]

Glad you got that cleared up.

[klossg]

Yes, it was sincere. God bless you in life and beyond. CINOs bug me as well. But, I welcome them as Christ ... maybe a bugged Christ but I do. Darn I wish people would follow the church or get out. It would help in the long run. You sound like a great person and I am glad to have Christ in common with you.

[klossg]

"Please sit down with your wife and have a serious discussion on procreation. There are so many unwanted children born into the world. Giving birth does not a mother make. Forming a family through adoption is a beautiful and blessed event."

I agree with you and have had the discussion. We are open to that as well. My sister has adopted twice after having used in vitro unsuccessfully a few times. I would love to take on a child. They are so wonderful. Christ is in them and we have the love to give. God bless all those who adopt!