You make a good point that it's part of the Catholic dogma--but it seems like a lot of her ideals sprouted from a dogma that isn't at heart evil--like "suffering is good for the soul" or "blessed are the poor." It's just how she wound up interpreting it--in this case it struck me as part of the overall image of someone whose dogma eclipses true compassion. The same message to those dying of infection in her unsanitary hospices was extended to women whose lives had been thrown off by a pregnancy: "SUCK IT UP, LIFE'S A BITCH."

But you're right, I said that badly--it isn't her "being against" contraception and abortion alone that makes me angry; it's the consequences imposed upon those under her care that stunned me. Thanks for the point.