New York Times: mergers with Catholic hospitals put women’s health at risk

February 29, 2012

“A wave of mergers between Roman Catholic and secular hospitals is threatening to deprive women in many areas of the country of ready access to important reproductive services,” The New York Times states in an editorial. “Catholic hospitals that merge or form partnerships with secular hospitals often try to impose religious restrictions against abortions, contraception and sterilization on the whole system.”

“State regulators should closely examine such mergers and use whatever powers they have to block those that diminish women’s access to medical care,” the editorial continues.

 

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Further information:

• Women’s Health Care at Risk (The New York Times)