Religious affiliation should not trump patient health: Catholic Hospital denies life-saving tubal ligation to pregnant woman
Jessica Mann is pregnant with a condition that could make additional pregnancies fatal, yet her Catholic hospital is refusing to tie her tubes. Unlike the medical profession, which is committed to patients and patient care above all, Catholic hospitals are committed to church doctrine above all.
Antidotes to pope-mania: Enjoy irreverent cartoon and “Stay-Away Pope Polka” courtesy of FFRF
The Freedom From Religion Religion Foundation shares two artistic responses as secular antidotes to Pope Francis’ upcoming visit and congressional address: an irreverent cartoon by Mike Konopacki, and the words and music to Dan Barker’s equally irreverent and unforgettable “Stay-Away Pope Polka.”
Why the Ten Commandments had to go
FFRF Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel’s explains that the Connellsville School District was likely to take down the Ten Commandments monument even though the judge didn’t order it removed because the school board officials themselves would have had to pay for any future litigation.
