Washington Post Worried America Has Too Many Catholic Hospitals | CNSNews

“Steps must be taken to restore patients’ rights in the face of federal policies and court decisions that give preference to the rights of institutional health providers to deny care they deem objectionable,” says this report. “Patients must be protected from discrimination in access to health care and helped to obtain needed reproductive health services, LGBTQ-inclusive care and legal end-of-life treatment options.”

Should Catholic hospitals be forced to act contrary to Catholic teaching?

“For those communities where patients have no other option besides a Catholic hospital, the federal designation of ‘sole community hospital,’ which carries with it supplemental funding, should include stronger requirements to ensure that patients are informed about where to obtain needed services and aided in obtaining those services,” says the report.

“In emergency situations, sole community hospitals should be expected to provide the needed care,” it says.

The battle over freedom of conscience is nowhere near over in this country.

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These are hospitals in communities where they are the only one. The Washington Post is suggesting that they essentially be ethically nationalized. Do it our way, or don’t do it, the Feds would say. The Catholics would presumably say, ok, then, we won’t do it. Seems extreme just because a few women can’t get their abortions. Especially since in some states, it would not be legal anyway.