The director of student health services for St. Joseph University in Philedephia ,
Laura Hurst, believes that
“the school's location offers enough convenience and opportunity to encourage students to purchase” condoms.
"We're very fortunate that we’re not in a very rural pocket, we're right here on City Avenue," she said.
"Students can just walk to Rite Aid to get condoms, so they are easily accessible if they need them." She continued,
“It's always a fine line between staying within the values of the University, which we completely respect, and offering services to the students. We are fortunate that there are other medical centers in the area, and that there are health care providers other than us.”
Father Mark C. Aita, S.J., assistant director of the university’s Institute of Catholic Bioethics, remarking on Pope Benedict XVI’s recent comments against using condoms, said,
“People are human beings, and one cannot expect people to be abstinent. I think the Pope justly could and should express the Catholic Church's position; however, when he discusses it he can also discuss compassion for those that can't follow the Church's position, of course not everyone is Catholic in Africa.”
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Photo is of Linda Hurst, Director of the Student Health Center at St. Josephs
The director of student health services for St. Joseph University in Philedephia , Laura Hurst, believes that “the school's location offers enough convenience and opportunity to encourage students to purchase” condoms. "We're very fortunate that we’re not in a very rural pocket, we're right here on City Avenue," she said. "Students can just walk to Rite Aid to get condoms, so they are easily accessible if they need them." She continued, 
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"People are human beings, and one cannot expect people to be abstinent." Really profound! People are human beings. You learn something new every day. It's good to have such sharp Jesuits out there.
And how right he is that one cannot expect people to be abstinent. Nor can we expect people to pay their taxes or stop for red lights. How dare we expect them to pay their tuition at his University.
And if people can't be expected to stay abstinent, why even ask them to love one another, forgive, or not murder? Hey, it happens!
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