- Rachel Miller claims to have been subject to gender discrimination when denied a tubal ligation in a Catholic hospital Mercy Medical
- Miller’s doctor, Samuel Van Kirk requested a tubal ligation for her immediately after the Cesarean, but was denied in an April 10 letter from Sister Brenda O’Keeffe, vice president Mission Integration and Spiritual Care Services.
- there are no other hospitals near Miller’s Redding home that have birthing and Ob/Gyn facilities that are not Catholic-affiliated
“This is a decision that I made with my family and my doctor and no one else should be involved in that process”, Miller said in the news release.
- the hospital receives both state and federal funding
- Catholic hospitals that ban sterilization procedures are on the rise in the US, according to a chart shared by ProPublica
- contraceptive sterilization is the second most common form of birth control in the US
http://rapidnewsnetwork.com/lawsuit-tests-religious-hospitals-right-to-deny-procedures/142348/
Do you think that it is unfair for people not to have access to hospitals that can provide options without intervention of a particular church/religion?
Is it the goverment responsibility to procure the people have this options?
Should the freedom of religion impose itself over the wishes of the patient?
Should religion and health be kept separate?
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