Scientology and Reproductive Injustice
So last night I was watching a Nightline story about Scientology escapees, and while most of their stories were disturbing, one infuriated me. Apparently women in Sea Organization, which is Scientology’s clergy, aren’t allowed to have children. Women who get pregnant either have to leave the church or have an abortion.
Forced abortion??? Are you kidding me???
One woman they interviewed said that when she told a “church” official she was leaving, he responded “Oh is it too late for an abortion?”
I’m so frustrated with this situation because cults like Scientology are so impenetrable that I can’t think of any way to stop this.
On a not wholly unrelated note, Scientology brings up an interesting point in the “contentious objection” debate: if it’s ok for Christian pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions for birth control and the morning after pill because of their religious beliefs, does that mean it’s ok for Scientologists not to fill prescriptions for psychiatric medications because of theirs?