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A precedent

More from the Austin Statesman story last December. University officials said Friday they didn’t know of another public medical school whose primary teaching hospital is Catholic. So, setting a...

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Firmly prohibited in Catholic hospitals

This again. The Savita Halappanavar scenario, in the US, in a Catholic hospital. It happens a lot but it seldom gets reported on. This one got reported on because the woman is a nurse. Most women this...

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Left to the Church and its tribunals

Damn, I missed this – last month a judge dismissed Tamesha Means’s ACLU-backed lawsuit against the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. The ACLU immediately appealed. A federal judge in Grand Rapids has...

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Unless it looks as if she’s going to die

This should make your hair stand on end: When There’s a Heartbeat: Miscarriage Management in Catholic-Owned Hospitals. Lori R. Freedman, PhD,corresponding author Uta Landy, PhD, and Jody Steinauer, MD,...

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This woman is dying before our eyes

The rest of that article on miscarriage management (or the lack thereof) in Catholic hospitals. Some doctors have decided to take matters into their own hands. In the following case, the refusal of the...

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Enact that law

American Atheists announced a new campaign today – a desperately needed one. American Atheists today announced a campaign to enact legislation that would require health care providers to inform...

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