Letters

Abortion and health insurance discounts

Robert Bom

Contents - Oct 2006 - Buy a copy now Editorial: The way ahead for the education of Catholics - Michael Gilchrist Generation Y: New survey confirms low belief and practice levels of young Catholics - Michael Gilchrist News: The Church Around The World Spanish bishops attack false theologies - AD2000 Report Benedict XVI interviewed by German journalists Educating young Catholics: a bold initiative in Wagga Wagga - Michael Gilchrist University: Campion College: a pioneer in Australian higher education - Stephen McInerny Modernism's 'second wave' continues to impact on the Church - Fr Martin Durham Letters: Missal translation - Philip Holberton Letters: Counter Reformation - Alan Barron Letters: Early baptism - Frances McEniery Letters: Pessimistic view - Francis Vrijmoed Letters: Church teaching on baptism - C.V. Phillips Letters: Accuracy needed - Tony Sheehan Letters: Intelligent Design - Michael Griffiths Letters: Evolution hoax - Fr G.H. Duggan SM Letters: Abortion and health insurance discounts - Robert Bom Letters: Homosexuality - Daphne Preston Books: ARMS OF LOVE by Carmen Marcoux - Jacinta Cummins (reviewer) Books: Towards A People's Liturgy: The Importance of Language, by Mark Twinham Elvins - Michael E. Daniel (reviewer) Book Launch: Lost! Australian Catholics Today, by Michael Gilchrist Books: Order AD2000 books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Reflection: Philosophy and theology: avoiding the pitfall of human pride - Fr John O'Neill

Women of child bearing age in Switzerland who are pro-life and refuse abortions now have access to discount health insurance policies.

At least five insurance companies in Switzerland offer the policies - according to http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jun/06060602.html - with discounts on policies ranging from ten to forty percent.

For these companies to get involved, they needed to accept worldwide research, that women who want to have abortions or with a history of them, need to be placed in a higher risk classification.

At this stage we should see the Swiss development as a test market that will be keenly watched by insurance companies around the world.

Any move to introduce the concept into Australia will be welcome news for women and families, who are now held to ransom by pro-abortion groups and politicians who are scared to look at the reality of the issue.

Let the markets decide!

ROBERT BOM
Rockhampton, Qld

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 19 No 9 (October 2006), p. 16