Posted on 10/15/2013 12:20:18 PM PDT by marshmallow
SANTA CLARA -- A decision by Santa Clara University's president to drop health insurance coverage of elective abortions for the Catholic university's faculty and staff has triggered a serious rift at the school.
Many faculty members say they were blindsided by the move at an institution that has long prided itself on open communication and governing by consensus.
The thorny issue echoes a nationwide debate at Catholic universities over their institutional identities and ability to consider the convictions of those who do not identify with -- or who disagree with -- certain principles the Catholic tradition holds as central.
The uproar at SCU comes on the heels of a contentious vote this week by trustees of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, another Jesuit school that decided not to provide coverage for elective abortions. And, ironically, the controversy came to a boil on the same day that California Gov. Jerry Brown, a former Jesuit seminarian, went off in a different direction by signing two bills aimed at increasing access to abortion in California.
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The whiners are free to head to an exchange that will gladly pay for their abortions.
It’s a Catholic university. What don’t they understand?
Catholics, abortion, I don’t understand.
Before he decided to side with Satan and become a big-time baby killer.
It’s a Catholic university. What don’t they understand?
Catholicism, Christianity, the sanctity of life. You know MORALITY!
But . . . but . . . but pro-life Democrats Bart Stupak, Joe Donnelly, and Bob Casey swore to us that ObamaCare would not be used to fund abortion. They wouldn't lie to us, would they? I'm sure as pro-life Democrats, they never would have voted for a bill that provides government funding of abortion. Right?
Leftists will never allow you to choose your conscious
Take some of your salary, pay for your abortion yourself. What’s the problem here?
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