Cardinal forces hospital to adhere to his ethics code


	Cardinal forces hospital to adhere to his ethics code

JohnWaterman

2-25-2008 8:51 AM

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2-25-2008 9:44 AM

tabsey

The pope is an extremist conservative. To be expected I suppose. No morning after pill for rape victims etc

2-25-2008 10:01 AM

ratilfar

Wish they would set the same code (the second one) in the U.S., now some doctors are refusing to conduct pap smears...WTF!

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