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11/19/2010

Pope Calls Access to Health Care an "Inalienable Right"

From the National Catholic Reporter: 

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI and other church leaders said it was the moral responsibility of nations to guarantee access to health care for all of their citizens, regardless of social and economic status or their ability to pay.

 Access to adequate medical attention, the pope said in a written message Nov. 18, was one of the "inalienable rights" of man.

Full story here.

 

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Jimbino

What's next? The inalienable right to:

good sex?
vacation?
flush toilets?
video games?

freedom from papal pap?

Posted by: Jimbino | 11/20/2010 at 02:37 PM

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