When I read the chilling @jackhealyNYT article on rural hospital closures, a detail stood out to me that @nytimes omitted: The hospital a woman traveled 100 miles while in labor to reach is Catholic (thread) rewire.news/article/2018/0…
I've reported for @Rewire_News on how Catholic hospitals, which follow religious directives, have turned away patients who are miscarrying and refused to terminate doomed pregnancies. rewire.news/article/2017/0…
As other hospitals have closed for the reasons @jackhealyNYT noted, Catholic hospitals have actually expanded, growing by 22 percent in recent years, according to @MergerWatch. 
This means people in communities like Kela Abernathy's increasingly rely on Catholic hospitals, which do not provide a full spectrum of care. And women of color like Abernathy are more likely to deliver in these hospitals. rewire.news/article/2018/0…
The vast majority of women say they want to know about religious restrictions on care. But more than a third of those who rely on Catholic hospitals for reproductive care do not even know their hospital is Catholic. rewire.news/article/2018/0…
As the Trump admin expands the ability of providers to deny care for religious reasons, news outlets like @nytimes should help close the information gap by noting when a hospital they report on restricts care on religious grounds. rewire.news/article/2018/0…
