RU486 approved in Italy

The BBC is reporting that the drug RU486 has been approved by the Italian Pharmaceuticals Agency for use in Italy.

Nothing special about a state pharmaceuticals agency approving a drug for use, except this is Italy and RU486 is otherwise known as the morning after pill, or the abortion pill.

RU486 available in Italy! Wow!

Kudos to the Italian Pharmaceuticals Agency, who in a 4-1 decision to approve, stated that "the task of protecting the well-being of citizens ... must take precedence over personal convictions."

The drug will not be available over the counter, but will only be available in hospital under the supervision of a doctor.

The Catholic Church has, of course, come out strongly against the decision. They could not threaten the Italian Pharmaceuticals Agency directly to influence the decision, as that's, like, illegal. So it's done the next best cowardly thing. The Vatican has threatened to excommunicate any doctor, nurse, or woman involved in taking RU486.

Well done the Italian Pharmaceuticals Agency. Another small step in removing the Catholic Church from women's uteruses

Religious Ghouls - update

Apparently the excommunication has occurred.

The Vatican approves.

Welcome to Ratzinger's brave new world. After controlling the Papacy for the last years of the previous Pope, while Karol Wojtyla was, literally, a drooling idiot, Ratzinger successfully entrenched the fundamentalist's in power behind the scenes. His elevation to the Papacy has simply allowed him to consolidate a new fundamentalist catholic church.

Back come members of the fundamentalist cult of Saint Pius X, previously excommunicated (never mine the holocaust deniers). Ghouls like Sobrinho excommunicate people for trying to protect the life of a 9 year old girl, and the Vatican approves. But does not excommunicate the serial rapist of little girls, and the Vatican approves.

Never forget that these people want to control female reproductive rights.

Religious Ghoul

There is a terrible case in Brazil of a 9 year old girl raped by her stepfather since she was 6, who became pregnant with twins.

The Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Jose Cardoso Sobrinho has waded into this situation with the promise of excommunication.

That's OK. The rapist deserves it (if you are threatened by that sort of thing).

Well, actually, no.

The Archbishop of Olinda and Recife has promised to excommunicate the mother and the doctors that treated the child! Why? Because they performed an abortion.

In Brazil, abortion is legal for rape victims, and also where the life of the woman is under threat. The doctors who treated the child considered that she complied with both conditions, for, at only 9 years old, they considered that her uterus was too small to carry one baby to term, let alone twins.

Apparently repeatedly raping a child since she was 6 is not an excommunication offense. Raping her older intellectually challenged sister (now aged 14) is not an excommunication offense. Saving a 9 year old girl is an excommunication offense.

The reason for the mother and the doctor's actions - the health of a 9 year old girl.

The reason for the Bishop's actions - he's a Catholic priest . . . oh yeah, and because he's a ghoul.

Never forget these people want to control woman's reproductive rights.