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33. 1. According to recent data, about 15.8% of all short-term acute care hospitals are Catholic-owned or affiliated.
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 08:17 PM
Nov 19

In certain states, over 30% of all beds are in Catholic facilities.

2. Those number disprove your claim of Catholic "control" of healthcare.

3. Prove this. Provide official Catholic links to church doctrine, or provide even reputable source links, or you don't know what you're talking about.

Why are you part of a church if you don't agree with their stance on fundamental principals, like the right to health care, reproductive rights, right to marriage and LGBTQ rights, etc?


4. Prove this with links, or you're spouting unsourced, fact free anti-Catholic bigotry.
That church has inflicted (and continues to inflict) so much pain. I don't understand the praise the last couple Popes have gotten on here when they aren't even close to progressive on the issues that we are supposed to care about.

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I suspected something so I looked the mother up SamuelTheThird Nov 19 #1
"the hospital is investigating the incident." Prof. Toru Tanaka Nov 19 #2
A Great Big YEAH, YEAH,YEAH! jaymac Nov 19 #6
I see big money on the horizon Puppyjive Nov 19 #3
Victims have lawyers, this hospital will pay BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 19 #4
This makes zero sense..l Bread and Circuses Nov 19 #5
Are you saying the fake pro-lifers are the hospitals themselves? or the religion that established them? Because the ancianita Nov 19 #7
Anti-Catholic bigotry still exists in this country SocialDemocrat61 Nov 19 #8
The problem is when it comes to healthcare The Revolution Nov 19 #14
Thanks for proving my point! SocialDemocrat61 Nov 19 #15
It's not bigotry to be opposed to an organization The Revolution Nov 19 #16
Thanks again SocialDemocrat61 Nov 19 #17
How childish The Revolution Nov 19 #19
Have a nice day SocialDemocrat61 Nov 19 #20
I'm a Catholic BeerBarrelPolka Nov 19 #21
Yes there are good Catholics SocialDemocrat61 Nov 19 #22
Of course it's bigotry BeerBarrelPolka Nov 19 #23
Sorry to hear about your illness SocialDemocrat61 Nov 19 #24
Thank you BeerBarrelPolka Nov 19 #25
I take issue with your last statement Jilly_in_VA Nov 19 #26
The Evangelicals literally loathe the Catholics BeerBarrelPolka Nov 19 #28
Which has nothing to do with your statement. Jilly_in_VA Nov 19 #29
What are you talking about? BeerBarrelPolka Nov 19 #30
That's exactly my point The Revolution Nov 19 #31
1. According to recent data, about 15.8% of all short-term acute care hospitals are Catholic-owned or affiliated. ancianita Nov 19 #33
The article I provided answes a lot of this The Revolution Nov 20 #39
I make a distinction between individuals who are Catholic, Crunchy Frog Nov 19 #36
Glad you do SocialDemocrat61 Nov 20 #41
With good reason; you paint a half picture. Conjuay Saturday #44
No Right wing people are ruining the country. SocialDemocrat61 Saturday #45
i'm referring to anti birth control, anti abortion religious hospitals. Catholic or otherwise. FAKE PRO LIFERS BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 19 #10
You posted an article without using it to support the header claim. Is there anything in the article that ancianita Nov 19 #34
How does a single individual nurse Crunchy Frog Nov 19 #35
I know nothing about this hospital and whether or not it has a full obstetrics unit, but increasingly... hlthe2b Nov 19 #9
they shd b transferred to said nearby hospital. mopinko Nov 19 #12
Most hospitals TRY to do so, but if it is imminently emergent or the patient/parents refuse, they cannot force hlthe2b Nov 19 #13
Reddit comment: As a POC I never in my life felt more uncomfortable than when I visited Indiana. Never again . Swede Nov 19 #11
2000+ years ago, a religion could be spun from this incident. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Nov 19 #18
WWJD? Jilly_in_VA Nov 19 #27
Upthread comment: Catholic hospitals are the only option in many areas. GJGCA Nov 19 #32
LAWSUIT Jack Valentino Nov 19 #37
Sue the hospital. No woman should have to beg. She could have died !!!!! By Trueblue1968 Nov 19 #38
They just made that baby RICH. Maru Kitteh Nov 20 #40
Update!! Doctor nurse fired BlueWaveNeverEnd Saturday #42
Mercy Hospital in the 1970s Blue Full Moon Saturday #43
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