Best of the Left Podcast » contraception http://www.bestoftheleftpodcast.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:11:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= A moral decree from the vatican’t http://www.bestoftheleftpodcast.com/a-moral-decree-from-the-vaticant/ http://www.bestoftheleftpodcast.com/a-moral-decree-from-the-vaticant/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:24:02 +0000 Jay! http://www.bestoftheleftpodcast.com/?p=2568 “The Vatican issued the most authoritative and sweeping document on bioethical issues in 20 years on Friday, taking into account recent developments in biomedical technology and reinforcing the church’s opposition to in vitro fertilization, human cloning, genetic testing on embryos before implantation and embryonic stem cell research,” report Povoledo and Goodstein of the NY Times.

In case you need yet another organisation to give you moral advice and dictate your personal life decisions (as if mom and dad weren’t enough), read about the Vatican’s decree after the break!

]]> http://www.bestoftheleftpodcast.com/a-moral-decree-from-the-vaticant/feed/ 0 No birth control here, but may I interest you in a vitamin? http://www.bestoftheleftpodcast.com/no-birth-control-here-but-may-i-interest-you-in-a-vitamin/ http://www.bestoftheleftpodcast.com/no-birth-control-here-but-may-i-interest-you-in-a-vitamin/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:00:39 +0000 Jay! http://www.bestoftheleftpodcast.com/?p=1681 7 is the number of pharmacies in the country that now refuse to sell any forms of contraception to their customers. When you think about it, seven really isn’t that big of a number, but it is seven too many pharmacists that are not filling contraception prescriptions because of their faith.

Yet another pharmacy, this one in Chantilly, VA, is refusing to honor doctors’ prescriptions for birth control and the morning after pill. No candy and no soda is sold either! Yes, Divine Mercy Care Pharmacy has a right to decide which products to sell, but that does not excuse the fact that these pharmacists are refusing to do their job!

Read more for excerpts from Matthew Barakat’s article and quotes from people who want to dictate your family planning.

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