Catholic hospitals
Single 18 Year-Old Female. Desperately Seeking Affordable And Accessible Contraception.
by Keely Monroe, National Women's Health Network (NWHN)
February 6, 2012 - 10:31am (Print)
Looking back, I now realize that finding contraception at Fordham was kind of like trying to find a suitable mate through a wanted ad. Even though you know it's out there, you can't believe what you have to go through to get it!
Kentucky Governor Firmly Rejects Hospital Merger with Catholic Health Initiatives
by Rev. Matthew Westfox, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC)
and Carol Savkovich, Kentucky Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (KRCRC)
January 19, 2012 - 7:10am (Print)
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear said January 9, 2012 for the second time in two weeks that he was rejecting a hospital merger of the publicly-funded University Hospital with a Catholic-oriented consortium, Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI).
Follow Rev. Matthew Westfox on Twitter, @MatthewWestfox
Halting Second Trimester Abortions in Catholic Hospitals?
by Amie Newman
February 9, 2011 - 6:43pm (Print)
Whose rights are being protected when Catholic hospitals halt second trimester abortions for women who come in with anti-choice activists seeking care?
Catholic Hospitals' Practices Fall 'Below the Radar'
by Jill Morrison, National Women's Law Center
January 27, 2011 - 3:54pm (Print)
Just weeks ago, St. Joseph's Hospital in Arizona saved the life of a young mother of four with an emergency abortion. Join us to ensure that all U.S. Catholic hospitals protect patients' rights and are held to the highest standard of care.
Afternoon Roundup: Wal-Mart's Wage Discrimination Problem
by Amie Newman
January 20, 2011 - 8:25pm (Print)
A $3.5 billion maternity care problem; another Catholic hospital gets to expand and limit its services to women; female domestic partners on their babies' birth certificates; and Wal-Mart's wage discrimination case.
In Maryland Hospital Debate, Women's Health Ignored
by Amie Newman
January 12, 2011 - 11:25pm (Print)
Another fight is brewing over Catholic hospitals and reproductive health care - this time in Maryland, where a dispute over building a hospital may result in fewer options for abortion care, contraception, fertility treatments and other health services.
FRC Misleads on Catholic Hospitals, Abortion Care
by Amie Newman
October 8, 2010 - 8:05am (Print)
Three Catholic hospitals are for sale in Pennsylvania and the anti-choice Family Research Council is blaming it on the non-existent taxpayer funded abortion care in health care reform.
ACLU Demands Religious Hospitals Provide Emergency Reproductive Health Services
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
July 1, 2010 - 1:52pm (Print)
The American Civil Liberties Union is demanding women have access to the full battery of reproductive health services, regardless of the hospital she enters.
Religious Doctrine Can’t Trump Patients’ Lives and Health
All federally funded hospitals are obligated under the law to provide appropriate emergency care. So why are Catholic hospitals getting away with refusing abortions to women who could die without one?
Resurrection or Reincarnation? A Low-Cost Health Provider is Reborn
by Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check
June 23, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
What happens when a clinic is reborn with the help of a Catholic University? In the case of Casa de Salud, the hope is more for reincarnation than for resurrection.
Follow Pamela Merritt on Twitter, @SharkFu
