Bishops Give up Fight: Plan B to be Used in Catholic Hospitals in Connecticut

In a move that just continues to demonstrate the lack of pastoral leadership among bishops in the Catholic Church in the USA it seems that the Bishops of Connecticut have just given into the culture of death.

Note the following quote from the ABC News Article:

“But Catholic Bishops of Connecticut and leaders of the Catholic hospitals said in a joint statement Thursday that “since the teaching authority of the church has not definitively resolved this matter and since there is serious doubt about how Plan B pills work,” the hospitals will be allowed to provide Plan B to rape victims without first requiring ovulation tests.”

By the way, the makers of Plan B tell us how they think their product works:

Plan B^® works like a regular birth control pill. It prevents pregnancy mainly by stopping the release of an egg from the ovary, and may also prevent the fertilization of an egg (the uniting of sperm with the egg). Plan B^® may also work by preventing it from attaching to the uterus (womb). It is important to know that Plan B^® will not affect a fertilized egg already attached to the uterus; it will not affect an existing pregnancy.

And the Pontifical Academy For Life has spoken on these issues.

One wonders just what the excuse will be when this scandal comes home to roost just like the more recent child abuse scandals…..maybe we will hear the same thing, ‘Do not blame us for our lack of leadership and courage. We were just following the advice of the experts.’