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1/ I want protection for doctors working at Catholic hospitals who want to provide decent reproductive care to women who need it.
2/ Consider this quote: "“I had no idea this could even happen,” said Mindy Swank, whose water broke in her second trimester, endangering her health. Her local hospital in Silvis, Ill., refused to remove the fetus for two months."
nytimes.com/2018/08/10/hea…
nytimes.com/2018/08/10/hea…
3/ Read the screenshot below: a woman who had an emergency c-section after her 3rd bout of pre-eclampsia, asked the doctor to tie her tubes after delivery; was told no, bc it was a Catholic hospital.
So either a WHOLE NEW OPERATION or continued risk of life-threatening illness.
So either a WHOLE NEW OPERATION or continued risk of life-threatening illness.
4/ Doctors whose religion lets them practice standard repro medicine have to sit by while their hospitals endanger their patients' lives.
Why do they work at RC hospitals, you ask? Sometimes your hospital is merged with or bought by a RC hospital, and you might not even know.
Why do they work at RC hospitals, you ask? Sometimes your hospital is merged with or bought by a RC hospital, and you might not even know.
5/ Somehow, THESE doctors' religious liberty keeps failing to cross the minds of Republicans who claim to care about the religious freedom of health care providers.
