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14. The problem is when it comes to healthcare
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 10:00 AM
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There is a huge problem with Catholic control of the healthcare system. Catholic hospitals are the only option in many areas. Then they want to stand between patients and their doctors and dictate what can and cannot be done, especially when it comes to anything related to a woman's reproductive system.

This drives providers away and makes getting healthcare even harder:
https://www.obgynpower.com/blog/how-the-catholic-hospital-in-mason-city-ia-drove-out-its-obgyns-by-forcing-them-to-stop-performing-tubals-and-discriminate-against-lesbians

I know there are a lot of Democrats who are Catholic, but my question is: why? Why are you part of a church if you don't agree with their stance on fundamental principals, like the right to health care, reproductive rights, right to marriage and LGBTQ rights, etc?

Democrats may be Catholic, but I don't think they should be. That church has inflicted (and continues to inflict) so much pain. I don't understand the praise the last couple Popes have gotten on here when they aren't even close to progressive on the issues that we are supposed to care about.

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I suspected something so I looked the mother up SamuelTheThird Wednesday #1
"the hospital is investigating the incident." Prof. Toru Tanaka Wednesday #2
A Great Big YEAH, YEAH,YEAH! jaymac Wednesday #6
I see big money on the horizon Puppyjive Wednesday #3
Victims have lawyers, this hospital will pay BlueWaveNeverEnd Wednesday #4
This makes zero sense..l Bread and Circuses Wednesday #5
Are you saying the fake pro-lifers are the hospitals themselves? or the religion that established them? Because the ancianita Wednesday #7
Anti-Catholic bigotry still exists in this country SocialDemocrat61 Wednesday #8
The problem is when it comes to healthcare The Revolution Wednesday #14
Thanks for proving my point! SocialDemocrat61 Wednesday #15
It's not bigotry to be opposed to an organization The Revolution Wednesday #16
Thanks again SocialDemocrat61 Wednesday #17
How childish The Revolution Wednesday #19
Have a nice day SocialDemocrat61 Wednesday #20
I'm a Catholic BeerBarrelPolka Wednesday #21
Yes there are good Catholics SocialDemocrat61 Wednesday #22
Of course it's bigotry BeerBarrelPolka Wednesday #23
Sorry to hear about your illness SocialDemocrat61 Wednesday #24
Thank you BeerBarrelPolka Wednesday #25
I take issue with your last statement Jilly_in_VA Wednesday #26
The Evangelicals literally loathe the Catholics BeerBarrelPolka Wednesday #28
Which has nothing to do with your statement. Jilly_in_VA Wednesday #29
What are you talking about? BeerBarrelPolka Wednesday #30
That's exactly my point The Revolution Wednesday #31
1. According to recent data, about 15.8% of all short-term acute care hospitals are Catholic-owned or affiliated. ancianita Wednesday #33
The article I provided answes a lot of this The Revolution Thursday #39
I make a distinction between individuals who are Catholic, Crunchy Frog Wednesday #36
Glad you do SocialDemocrat61 Thursday #41
With good reason; you paint a half picture. Conjuay Saturday #44
No Right wing people are ruining the country. SocialDemocrat61 Saturday #45
i'm referring to anti birth control, anti abortion religious hospitals. Catholic or otherwise. FAKE PRO LIFERS BlueWaveNeverEnd Wednesday #10
You posted an article without using it to support the header claim. Is there anything in the article that ancianita Wednesday #34
How does a single individual nurse Crunchy Frog Wednesday #35
I know nothing about this hospital and whether or not it has a full obstetrics unit, but increasingly... hlthe2b Wednesday #9
they shd b transferred to said nearby hospital. mopinko Wednesday #12
Most hospitals TRY to do so, but if it is imminently emergent or the patient/parents refuse, they cannot force hlthe2b Wednesday #13
Reddit comment: As a POC I never in my life felt more uncomfortable than when I visited Indiana. Never again . Swede Wednesday #11
2000+ years ago, a religion could be spun from this incident. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Wednesday #18
WWJD? Jilly_in_VA Wednesday #27
Upthread comment: Catholic hospitals are the only option in many areas. GJGCA Wednesday #32
LAWSUIT Jack Valentino Wednesday #37
Sue the hospital. No woman should have to beg. She could have died !!!!! By Trueblue1968 Wednesday #38
They just made that baby RICH. Maru Kitteh Thursday #40
Update!! Doctor nurse fired BlueWaveNeverEnd Saturday #42
Mercy Hospital in the 1970s Blue Full Moon Saturday #43
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