The bishop may well have been *wrong* to believe the best way of maximising the chances of as many people as possible surviving was not to go ahead with the abortion, but I still think that's a more likely reason for his behaviour than wanting to punish rape victims or thinking pregnancy is in itself good even if there's no way it can lead to a birth.
I suspect you are right. I *hope* you are right.
(And it's not as though *we* don't ignore or dismiss quotes from experts when we disagree with them too. As someone who has to read the Daily Mail for work purposes, it's something I do almost every day!)
Ha! This is true.
Still... on what is to a large extent a medical issue one would hope that he'd consult *an* expert before making a judgement, even if he didn't believe those particular hospital doctors for some reason. I think he had an overwhelming responsibility to do so.
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Date: 2009-03-09 10:19 pm (UTC)I suspect you are right. I *hope* you are right.
(And it's not as though *we* don't ignore or dismiss quotes from experts when we disagree with them too. As someone who has to read the Daily Mail for work purposes, it's something I do almost every day!)
Ha! This is true.
Still... on what is to a large extent a medical issue one would hope that he'd consult *an* expert before making a judgement, even if he didn't believe those particular hospital doctors for some reason. I think he had an overwhelming responsibility to do so.
Of course, I don't know that he didn't...