Recently, The Indianapolis Star published a weekly column by the far-left progressive, Dan Carpenter. It can be read here in it's entirety. The article took the USCCB to task for revoking a grant to help ex-cons transition back into society. When the CCHD found out that this corporation was distributing condoms to the ex-cons, they stopped paying the company.
In this article, Mr. Carpenter described an email he received from Sister Barbara Battista, SP (Sisters of Providence). In it, Sister Battista takes the U.S. bishops to task for their stance on birth control (i.e. condoms).
"Please, let's ask the Hoosiers, not our bishops, what we want RecycleForce to do," she said by email."I bet that condom bowl will be put back out! I am a health-care provider gratefully working in a public facility.We happily have free condoms in our exam rooms."
Sister Battista is not just your run-of-the-mill liberal nun. She is president of the Indiana Academy of Physician Assistants!
She's also very active in the peace movement, having protested at the former School of Americas (SOA) in Fort Benning, Georgia.
Just so we don't misrepresent her position on artificial contraception, maybe we should go to her public Twitter account, and see if we can gleen her thoughts on the matter.
Amazingly (or not so amazingly), barb1840 (Sister Barbara) is an ardent follower of the following pro-abortion groups:
ChoiceUSA: Their website claims that "[a]s a national pro-choice organization, Choice USA gives emerging leaders the tools they need to organize, network, and exchange ideas to build a youth centered pro-choice agenda and mobilize communities for reproductive justice." Co-founded by Gloria Steinem.
Not Under The Bus: A project arm of the Women's Media Center (WMC). actively advocates to keep abortion legal. WMC was founded in 2005 as a non-profit progressive women's media organization by Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem.
National Women's Law Center: Founded in 1972. According to their website, one of it's primary missions is "to ensure that women have access to abortion care by protecting and advancing this fundamental right."
SisterSong -Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective: Founded in 1997 with a mission "to amplify and strengthen the collective voices of Indigenous women and women of color to ensure reproductive justice through securing human rights." The national coordinator is Loretta Ross. Last year's national conference posted it's own weblogs called "blogforchoice" and "ChicagoAbortionFund".
Catholics For Choice: A radical dissenting group of marginal Catholics who support legalized abortion. There website says - in part: "Catholics for Choice believes in a world where everyone has equal access to the full range of reproductive healthcare services—including access to safe and legal abortion services and affordable and reliable forms of contraception. "
This is not just sad. It's disgusting. How can a catholic nun, who is apparently in good-standing with her order, promote views and beliefs so out-of-touch with definitive teaching of the Church?
But Sister Battista isn't alone in her dissent. In my next post, I'll travel a little deeper into the murky waters of dissent within the progressive wing of women religous. We will discuss the deep, pervasive progressivism and dissent within the Sisters of Providence, as well as within the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR).
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