Word: catholicism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Such unions are awkward, certainly, but most survive through the messy art of compromise. The first line of negotiation is the local bishop, who has the power to interpret the directives. For example, bishops disagree about whether Ovral, an emergency contraceptive drug for rape victims, induces abortion. At St. Louise...
Many of Gilroy's residents hope to reach a similar accommodation with their reinvented hospital. The town's five obstetrician-gynecologists sent a letter to the local newspaper asserting that it is "unconscionable, un-Christian, un-Catholic and unwise to deny sterilization services to a community." To be fair, women...
Eight of the nation's 13 largest health-care systems are Catholic, according to Catholics for a Free Choice, an advocacy group critical of the church's stance on reproductive issues. There were some 120 mergers between Catholic and non-Catholic institutions from 1994 to 1998, and CFFC estimates that...
For now, St. Louise's owners are holding their ground. Carol Bayley, director of medical ethics for Catholic Healthcare West, argues that the deal was not a merger. "We've bought the building, and St. Louise, the surviving hospital, is taking over." But the hard-line stance could backfire. Last...
"Patients, already struggling with HMO gatekeepers, are facing a new level of interference from religious gatekeepers," says Lois Uttley, director of MergerWatch, an organization that campaigns against mergers between Catholic and non-Catholic hospitals. Campos intends to tear down that gate. She doesn't want to have her baby at...