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Related: About this forumIf You Are Pregnant, Stay Away From Catholic Hospitals
If you're pregnant, and can choose which hospital to go to, do not go to a Catholic one. I'm serious. It is finally coming to light that Catholic hospitals are systematically denying pregnant women essential health care, even when their life is at stake. Its unethical, illegal, and just plain wrong.
One horrifying recent example is Jessica Manns story. While Mrs. Mann was pregnant with her third child, her doctors explained to her that, because she had preexisting brain tumors, a subsequent pregnancy could kill her. They highly recommended that when she delivers her baby she get a tubal ligation to prevent another pregnancy, and that she do so at the same to time as she delivers her baby to avoid the serious (and completely unnecessary) risk to her health that would be caused by a second procedure. Even when brain tumors or other health concerns arent a factor, the safest and best time for a woman to have a tubal ligation is immediately after delivery while she is still in the hospital.
Mrs. Manns OB/GYN is trained and willing to tie her tubes, but the Catholic hospital where Mrs. Mann planned to deliver and where she delivered her other children is prohibiting Mrs. Manns doctor from performing the procedure because of religious rules written by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops that govern what care the hospital will offer to patients. Those rules, called the Ethical and Religious Directives, apply even when the patients doctor says that the care is medically necessary.
Catholic hospitals also routinely put the health of women suffering from miscarriages at risk, as well. That is exactly what happened to Tamesha Means. Ms. Means was in the middle of her pregnancy, looking forward to having another child, when her water broke. She rushed to the only hospital emergency room in her area which happened to be a Catholic one and she was turned away three times despite being in excruciating pain and eventually developing a life-threatening infection. The pregnancy was doomed, but because of the Bishops Ethical and Religious Directives, the hospital never told her that, giving her false hope that she could go on to have a healthy baby. The hospital also never told her that she was putting her life at risk by not terminating the pregnancy. Ms. Means finally started to deliver while she was being sent home for the third time. Thats when the hospital finally decided to treat her.
Sadly, these arent isolated incidents. Today, one in nine hospital beds is in Catholic-affiliated institutions that receive public money, but which abide by the Ethical and Religious Directives when providing medical care. That just isnt right. Patients ought to be able to rest assured that their care is determined by their doctors best judgment, not someone elses religious views, particularly when the hospital receives public funds.
http://www.refinery29.com/2015/10/95984/catholic-hospitals-pregnancy-lawsuits-tubes-tied-aclu
One horrifying recent example is Jessica Manns story. While Mrs. Mann was pregnant with her third child, her doctors explained to her that, because she had preexisting brain tumors, a subsequent pregnancy could kill her. They highly recommended that when she delivers her baby she get a tubal ligation to prevent another pregnancy, and that she do so at the same to time as she delivers her baby to avoid the serious (and completely unnecessary) risk to her health that would be caused by a second procedure. Even when brain tumors or other health concerns arent a factor, the safest and best time for a woman to have a tubal ligation is immediately after delivery while she is still in the hospital.
Mrs. Manns OB/GYN is trained and willing to tie her tubes, but the Catholic hospital where Mrs. Mann planned to deliver and where she delivered her other children is prohibiting Mrs. Manns doctor from performing the procedure because of religious rules written by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops that govern what care the hospital will offer to patients. Those rules, called the Ethical and Religious Directives, apply even when the patients doctor says that the care is medically necessary.
Catholic hospitals also routinely put the health of women suffering from miscarriages at risk, as well. That is exactly what happened to Tamesha Means. Ms. Means was in the middle of her pregnancy, looking forward to having another child, when her water broke. She rushed to the only hospital emergency room in her area which happened to be a Catholic one and she was turned away three times despite being in excruciating pain and eventually developing a life-threatening infection. The pregnancy was doomed, but because of the Bishops Ethical and Religious Directives, the hospital never told her that, giving her false hope that she could go on to have a healthy baby. The hospital also never told her that she was putting her life at risk by not terminating the pregnancy. Ms. Means finally started to deliver while she was being sent home for the third time. Thats when the hospital finally decided to treat her.
Sadly, these arent isolated incidents. Today, one in nine hospital beds is in Catholic-affiliated institutions that receive public money, but which abide by the Ethical and Religious Directives when providing medical care. That just isnt right. Patients ought to be able to rest assured that their care is determined by their doctors best judgment, not someone elses religious views, particularly when the hospital receives public funds.
http://www.refinery29.com/2015/10/95984/catholic-hospitals-pregnancy-lawsuits-tubes-tied-aclu
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If You Are Pregnant, Stay Away From Catholic Hospitals (Original Post)
cleanhippie
Oct 2015
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The RCC could be reigned in by the Laity, but instead they give a giant "meh".
cleanhippie
Oct 2015
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Yorktown
(2,884 posts)1. Blame the lawmakers
In most of Europe (with the possible exceptions of Ireland and Poland), in the cases above,
the Catholic hospitals would be sent to court by the equivalent of a D.A.,
and, if it was part of a pattern, would face being closed down.
Insanity like 'the Ethical and Religious Directives' needs to be reined in by the Law.
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)2. The RCC could be reigned in by the Laity, but instead they give a giant "meh".
Yorktown
(2,884 posts)3. the Catholic Church should rather give a giant "meh-a culpa".
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)4. There's a better chance of Jesus' Second Coming happening first.
Yorktown
(2,884 posts)5. Jesus' Second Coming?
Jesus' Second Coming?
Is it blasphemy if I mention it sounds like the title of a porn flick?
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)6. I must admit
I was tempted to spell it differently, but the alert trolls would've been all over it.
Yorktown
(2,884 posts)7. Alert troll? Never heard of those.
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)8. It's very shyster-like behavior.
Yorktown
(2,884 posts)9. Whoever they might be, they should invoke the Fifth