{"id":2234,"date":"2013-02-07T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/cardinal-meisners-contraception-statement-was-manipulated\/"},"modified":"2013-02-07T19:30:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T19:30:00","slug":"doctor-says-cardinal-meisners-contraception-statement-was-manipulated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/02\/doctor-says-cardinal-meisners-contraception-statement-was-manipulated\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor says Cardinal Meisner’s contraception statement was manipulated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Rome, Italy, Feb 7, 2013 \/ 12:30 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- News stories declaring that Cardinal Meisner will allow the \u201cmorning-after\u201d pill for rape victims were the result of his words being manipulated and scientists giving him inaccurate information about the drug, according to a leading physician.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt seems that the cardinal\u2019s words were manipulated,\u201d Doctor Jose Maria Simon Castellvi told CNA Feb. 7.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIn any case, the morning-after pill works as an anti-implantation product in 70 percent of the cases where the woman is fertile,\u201d said Dr. Simon, president of the World Federation of Catholic Medical Associations.<\/p>\n

\tCardinal Meisner of Cologne, Germany was drawn into the discussion about the morning-after pill after a story surfaced in the local press about a 25-year-old woman who walked into an emergency room and told the attending physician that she thought she was drugged and possibly sexually assaulted at a party the night before.<\/p>\n

\tThe doctor on call, Irmgard Maiworm, said she called two separate Catholic hospitals that were nearby and asked if they would admit the woman. Dr. Maiworm said that both of them refused to admit her, since the prescribed course of treatment would involve using the morning-after pill, known in the U.S. as Plan B.<\/p>\n

\tThe German public reacted strongly to reports about the incident, and Cardinal Meisner issued a Jan. 22 apology in which he said it was shameful for a Catholic hospital to refuse treatment to a rape victim.<\/p>\n

\tCardinal Meisner subsequently met with medical experts about the morning-after pill and they told him the latest research indicated the drug does not have anti-implantation effects.<\/p>\n

\tAfter that meeting, Cardinal Meisner issued a Jan. 31 statement in which he said that if \u201ca medication that hinders conception is used after a rape with the purpose of avoiding fertilization, then this is acceptable in my view.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHis statement was widely interpreted by the press as giving permission for Catholic hospitals to dispense Plan B to rape victims.<\/p>\n

\tBut the study presented to the cardinal was one that was coauthored by Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, who acknowledges at the end of the paper that she \u201chas served on Medical Advisory Boards of HRA- Pharma and Bayer on matters related to emergency contraception.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tIn his remarks to CNA, Dr. Simon also pointed out that the manufacturer of the morning-after pill says the drug may prevent an embryo from implanting on the uterine wall.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cSo, we cannot accept it, since even a microscopic human embryo is a person with rights, dignity and a son of God,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n

\tThe German bishops\u2019 conference will be holding its annual full assembly in two weeks in Trier, Germany and plans to discuss the matter further.<\/p>\n

\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rome, Italy, Feb 7, 2013 \/ 12:30 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- News stories declaring that Cardinal Meisner will allow the “morning-after” pill for rape victims were the result of his words being manipulated and scientists giving him inaccurate info…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1031,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nDoctor says Cardinal Meisner's contraception statement was manipulated<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rome, Italy, Feb 7, 2013 \/ 12:30 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- News stories declaring that Cardinal Meisner will allow the “morning-after” pill for rape victims were the result of his words being manipulated and scientists giving him inaccurate info...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/02\/doctor-says-cardinal-meisners-contraception-statement-was-manipulated\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Doctor says Cardinal Meisner's contraception statement was manipulated\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rome, Italy, Feb 7, 2013 \/ 12:30 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- News stories declaring that Cardinal Meisner will allow the “morning-after” pill for rape victims were the result of his words being manipulated and scientists giving him inaccurate info...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/02\/doctor-says-cardinal-meisners-contraception-statement-was-manipulated\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Catholic News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-02-07T19:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"CNA Daily News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CNA Daily News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/02\/doctor-says-cardinal-meisners-contraception-statement-was-manipulated\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/02\/doctor-says-cardinal-meisners-contraception-statement-was-manipulated\/\",\"name\":\"Doctor says Cardinal Meisner's contraception statement was manipulated\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-02-07T19:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-02-07T19:30:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1\"},\"description\":\"Rome, Italy, Feb 7, 2013 \/ 12:30 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- News stories declaring that Cardinal Meisner will allow the “morning-after” pill for rape victims were the result of his words being manipulated and scientists giving him inaccurate info...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/02\/doctor-says-cardinal-meisners-contraception-statement-was-manipulated\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/02\/doctor-says-cardinal-meisners-contraception-statement-was-manipulated\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/02\/doctor-says-cardinal-meisners-contraception-statement-was-manipulated\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Doctor says Cardinal Meisner’s contraception statement was manipulated\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/\",\"name\":\"Catholic News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1\",\"name\":\"CNA Daily News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"CNA Daily News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/author\/cna-daily-news\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Doctor says Cardinal Meisner's contraception statement was manipulated","description":"Rome, Italy, Feb 7, 2013 \/ 12:30 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- News stories declaring that Cardinal Meisner will allow the “morning-after” pill for rape victims were the result of his words being manipulated and scientists giving him inaccurate info...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/02\/doctor-says-cardinal-meisners-contraception-statement-was-manipulated\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Doctor says Cardinal Meisner's contraception statement was manipulated","og_description":"Rome, Italy, Feb 7, 2013 \/ 12:30 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- News stories declaring that Cardinal Meisner will allow the “morning-after” pill for rape victims were the result of his words being manipulated and scientists giving him inaccurate info...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/02\/doctor-says-cardinal-meisners-contraception-statement-was-manipulated\/","og_site_name":"Catholic News","article_published_time":"2013-02-07T19:30:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA"}],"author":"CNA Daily News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"CNA Daily News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/02\/doctor-says-cardinal-meisners-contraception-statement-was-manipulated\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/02\/doctor-says-cardinal-meisners-contraception-statement-was-manipulated\/","name":"Doctor says Cardinal Meisner's contraception statement was manipulated","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-02-07T19:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2013-02-07T19:30:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1"},"description":"Rome, Italy, Feb 7, 2013 \/ 12:30 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- News stories declaring that Cardinal Meisner will allow the “morning-after” pill for rape victims were the result of his words being manipulated and scientists giving him inaccurate info...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/02\/doctor-says-cardinal-meisners-contraception-statement-was-manipulated\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/02\/doctor-says-cardinal-meisners-contraception-statement-was-manipulated\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/02\/doctor-says-cardinal-meisners-contraception-statement-was-manipulated\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Doctor says Cardinal Meisner’s contraception statement was manipulated"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/","name":"Catholic News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1","name":"CNA Daily News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"CNA Daily News"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/author\/cna-daily-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}