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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts) Mon May 11, 2015, 12:00 PM May 2015

Catholic Church Owns 8 Of Largest Health Care Systems. Anti Birth Control. [View all]

According to an article in Salon, if you happen to be covered by a system owned by a Catholic institution you are likely not going to be covered for family planning services like birth control. And you are likely to be denied an abortion even if it saves your life. And if you are going to die because you cannot get a needed abortion then you will likely be allowed to die where the Catholic church owns the hospital.

And the Church is actively buying up OB GYN practices the doctors becoming employees of the Catholic Church institutions. In such a practice birth control is also verboten. The only option a woman has with the Church in charge is to become celibate.

Over time it will not matter if birth control is legal or abortion is legal. A health care system owned by religious organizations can make getting any services nearly impossible.

The attack on family planning is wide spread, endemic and even stealthy. Younger women will have no choices in the future unless things change. Women are losing their rights every day in so many little ways.

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Catholic Church Owns 8 Of Largest Health Care Systems. Anti Birth Control. [View all] TheMastersNemesis May 2015 OP

and yet, when this is brought to people's attention, the deflections and reasons why this niyad May 2015 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceNikki May 2015 #9

and, people, please do not talk about "well, she can just go somewhere else". in many niyad May 2015 #2

Why is that? Public hospital could easily build in areas yeoman6987 May 2015 #4

They are not so much building new Catholic hospitals, SheilaT May 2015 #5

Last year, Peace Health took over the tiny old rural hospital where I live... countryjake May 2015 #21

That is terrifying. beam me up scottie May 2015 #31

In many places in south Texas, the county hospital is Ilsa May 2015 #26

Don't point this out! You'll hurt the precious feelings of people of "faith"! Arugula Latte May 2015 #3

Well, that explains why the church is tax-exempt. Orrex May 2015 #6

Could you provide a link to the article? nt el_bryanto May 2015 #7

here you go PeaceNikki May 2015 #11

Thank you for the link. el_bryanto May 2015 #13

This is a huge threat to women's health and lives. CharlotteVale May 2015 #8

Huge. PeaceNikki May 2015 #10

Thanks for the links. This makes me so fucking mad! CharlotteVale May 2015 #12

Someone on DU tried to use the Catholic hospitals as an example of a good thing the RCC does. PeaceNikki May 2015 #14

I hope they or a loved one never has to go to a Catholic CharlotteVale May 2015 #15

Amen. Or end-of-life care. PeaceNikki May 2015 #16

And some people don't have a choice. I live in a big metro area CharlotteVale May 2015 #17

I know. It's bullshit. They take federal $ and let women DIE PeaceNikki May 2015 #18

This is part of a coordinated effort to deny women birth control. beam me up scottie May 2015 #19

+1000 countryjake May 2015 #20

kick beam me up scottie May 2015 #22

Toughening of Catholic medical directives - enforcing a ban on tubal ligations countryjake May 2015 #23

Thanks for that info. beam me up scottie May 2015 #27

my thanks to all who posted such informative links to answer why the rcc taking over niyad May 2015 #24

Those attacks are too close to home... countryjake May 2015 #25

Bookmarking all of these, thanks again. beam me up scottie May 2015 #28

Clearly a stealth attack on our freedom. Dawson Leery May 2015 #29

They are bound and determined to keep us, well, bound. historylovr May 2015 #30

But the pope said something neat about war! trotsky May 2015 #32

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Catholic Health East closes small community hospitals while paying Agony May 2015 #33