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Religion

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts) Tue Jun 11, 2019, 11:49 AM Jun 2019

https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-dignity-ucsf-catholic-healthcare-20190419-story.html
https://www.aclunc.org/our-work/legal-docket/chamorro-v-dignity-health-religious-refusals

This case started a couple years ago, but litigation is beginning now.

THIS is how the RCC plans to get around Roe vs Wade in case overturn is impossible. Can't get services they don't offer. So the plan is simple; acquire all health care practices, or joint operation agreements, or joint billing systems, and simply refuse to offer the service.

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Chamarro vs Dignity Health -catholic interference in the US HealthCare system. [View all] AtheistCrusader Jun 2019 OP

I have also posted about this before. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #1

There are barely any public hospitals anywhere. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #3

Your contribution to dialogue? eom guillaumeb Jun 2019 #5

Your failure to recognize instruction is an ongoing issue. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #6

So the people who live in those areas are just fucked, then? trotsky Jun 2019 #4

The alternative is to open public hospitals. eom guillaumeb Jun 2019 #8

You DO recognize that what I wrote is the obvious answer, correct? guillaumeb Jun 2019 #10

Yes, the narrative meme. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #12

I said fuck your narrative bullshit. trotsky Jun 2019 #13

Eloquence. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #15

You get exactly the replies you have earned. trotsky Jun 2019 #17

More framing. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #18

You've painted the awful picture yourself. trotsky Jun 2019 #21

Self awareness is critical to an observer. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #22

As I expected. eom guillaumeb Jun 2019 #26

Good. trotsky Jun 2019 #30

No, you wrote the obvious ideal situation. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #14

We do have public hospitals. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #16

Less than 1/3 of them. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #19

Very true. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #20

Even IF we had the political will, building a hospital takes time. trotsky Jun 2019 #24

What do you tell them? guillaumeb Jun 2019 #27

If most hospitals are owned by various religious orders, guillaumeb Jun 2019 #28

No, it doesnt. MineralMan Jun 2019 #29

What a horrific answer edhopper Jun 2019 #32

But everywhere there are states. States have laws. AtheistCrusader Jun 2019 #7