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In reply to the discussion: Catholic Hospital turns away woman in labor, she gives birth in car..fake pro lifers! [View all]ancianita
(42,642 posts)7. Are you saying the fake pro-lifers are the hospitals themselves? or the religion that established them? Because the
headlines of your links don't say that.
In both examples fake pro-lifers are the individuals who made the wrong decisions about the pregnant women -- not the org or religion they belong to. Reread the report. The very fact that
In a statement, Franciscan Health Crown Point President and CEO Raymond Grady told ABC News that the hospital is investigating the incident
means that they are trying to understand the "mistake" of the individual nurse. But your headline provokes a distorted implication about Catholics.
In the second example, some individual in that hospital decided on the pregnant woman's discharge instead of weighing her risks over the hospital's costs.
What those individuals decided that hurt those women was likely influenced by Indiana's or the hospital's culture. Those individuals prioritized the culture over their hospital's guidance. But they might not have if they'd known what would happen with those women afterward. But it's still on them. Possibly the hospitals are liable for those individuals' decisions, too. It's not clear in the report where the buck stopped.
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Catholic Hospital turns away woman in labor, she gives birth in car..fake pro lifers! [View all]
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Yesterday
OP
Are you saying the fake pro-lifers are the hospitals themselves? or the religion that established them? Because the
ancianita
Yesterday
#7
1. According to recent data, about 15.8% of all short-term acute care hospitals are Catholic-owned or affiliated.
ancianita
Yesterday
#33
i'm referring to anti birth control, anti abortion religious hospitals. Catholic or otherwise. FAKE PRO LIFERS
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Yesterday
#10
You posted an article without using it to support the header claim. Is there anything in the article that
ancianita
Yesterday
#34
I know nothing about this hospital and whether or not it has a full obstetrics unit, but increasingly...
hlthe2b
Yesterday
#9
Most hospitals TRY to do so, but if it is imminently emergent or the patient/parents refuse, they cannot force
hlthe2b
Yesterday
#13
Reddit comment: As a POC I never in my life felt more uncomfortable than when I visited Indiana. Never again .
Swede
Yesterday
#11
Sue the hospital. No woman should have to beg. She could have died !!!!! By
Trueblue1968
23 hrs ago
#38