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Crisis Pregnancy Centers and the Story of Phyllis

Digg This!April 14th, 2008 • Contributed by Dino Corvino
Posted in: Podcast

In this weeks podcast we have many guests. The primary focus of our podcast is the story of ‘Phyllis’. Phyllis thought she couldn’t afford a pregnancy test at her local family planning clinic because her family planning waiver coverage had expired. She went to the local crisis pregnancy center for a“free”pregnancy test. Phyllis tells us what happened when she went to Hope Pregnancy Center in Wausau.

Also in the podcast we speak to others regarding the “Crisis Pregnancy Center” phenomenon. Kathy Thompson from the Wisconsin Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Sue Kettner a Reproductive Health Educator with 30 years experience, and Lon Newman the Executive Director of Family Planning Health Services in Wausau, Wi.

One Comments

1. Frances Irwin said:

   Seriously this is ridiculous. I’m tired of the unnecessary infliction of ideology/theology into medicine. I believe that the only ideology/theology that matters in medical practice is that of the patient and the health care provider involved. Should that provider be unable to provide a service in good consciousness for reasons that are not medical, the patient should be referred to another provider. As a person of ethics and some faith, I really don’t understand “the end justifies the means” morality. In my observations of history that sort of justification tends to result in genocide. The process matters on both a macro and a micro level. It’s time to move beyond the insular and tangible world we experience and open ourselves to the global experience of humanity. Part of that experience for me has been learning about the diversity of social norms and customs among various religions, cultures, and ethnic groups. In that context, the one-size fits all kind of morality experienced by “Phyllis” is completely impractical and has devastating effects on the health and lives of women and families around the globe.

   April 17th, 2008 at 1:23 pm #

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