>In any case your accusation wasn't related to abortion, it was an accusation of refusing anesthesia to some women because they were naughty. Ironically in 2014 the cool view is that home birth without anesthesia is *the* optimum form of childbirth so if your story were true, perhaps the Catholics' crime was to be even more enlightened than you. ;-)

Same old personalized jabs...

The story at the Irish hospital - all interesting pieces of information, but does not change the fact that it was an idea held for years that led to the woman's death.

Re: the crime being more enlightened, that might be true, were it not for the reports of Michael Crichton that it wasn't denied for married women. Perhaps for your next act, you'll defend it as a medical experiment? Seems we had some of that in a different part of the world in the 1930's. Hmmmm......

And on the women being naughty, it takes two to tango. I really didn't take you for subtle misogyny, but then again, you never really someone online.