Church has no place in women's rights

Published: Sunday, September 8, 2002 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, September 7, 2002 at 11:00 p.m.

I am for family planning because what is the point in having children if one will not raise that child right and in a right environment? Why have children if these children will be molested or abused?

Why should we as individuals let the churches tell us in how to raise our children and instill their morals on us when the Catholic Church has allowed some priests to get away with molesting children?

Women have the right to decide if they will take birth control pills or use contraceptives. If women decide to use family planning, it's their right, not the church's. The Catholic Church or any Christian church does not have any right in imposing its morals on others.

These women are human beings, and they are the ones who have to decide all these things - not the church because they are infringing others of their rights in making major decisions for their families. It's the families who should have the final say, not the church.

Women should have the right for family planning, birth control pills and contraceptives, to abortion if it involves in any cases of rape or incest, or if the mother's life is in danger when giving birth. Women have a free will and a free choice to make - whether it be right or wrong, but no one should let the Christian Coalition or Catholic Church tell them what to decide for their benefit.

The Catholic Church has no right judge anyone when its own home is stained with priests molesting altar boys.


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