paddymcdougall
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That's a bit of a stretch, but I haven't seen anything here yet that indicates where the woman's family doctor or doctor providing prenatal care is all of this or if she consulted with him/her and what advice that person gave.
Fact remains that Catholic hospitals have a constitutional right not to perform abortions and in my view, her own doctor should have been instructing her what to do should something go wrong and where to go. I also find it hard to believe that in a city of almost 40,000 there's only one hospital, a Catholic one, and no other medical facilities capable of serving this woman's needs.
I imagine this has already been answered - but this was the only hospital in the county; there weren't any others.
Hospitals run by Catholic organizations get a heckuva lot of money from state and federal govts, including Medicare and Medicaid. They need to provide all care that is part of normal medical practices, including doing a D&C on a woman in a case like this. They should not be allowed to let their religion deny needed medical care to the patient.
And again - they ARE the only hospital in the county, and this is becoming all too common.
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