Genesys hospital halts some tube-tying to comply with Catholic church, ProPublica reports

[_Abyssinia]

GRAND BLANC TWP, MI – Genesys Health System’s recent decision to prohibit some tubal ligations in order to comply with Catholic church medical directives is spotlighted in a ProPublica report published Tuesday, Dec. 30.

Doctors at Genesys, a Catholic health system based in Grand Blanc Township, used to perform the procedure, also known as tube-tying, on new mothers who wanted to prevent future pregnancies – but that changed on Nov. 1, the report says.

Now, doctors at Genesys are prevented from tying a woman’s tubes solely as a form of birth control, the report says. The procedure is only permitted if the “direct effect and immediate purpose” is to treat a serious medical problem.

mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/12/propublica_genesys_changes_pol.html

 

[SWolf]

mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/12/propublica_genesys_changes_pol.html

I can already hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth:

1. It is a PUBLIC SERVICE, you can’t impose your morality on me!

• It’s imposing your morality on the hospital to make the doctors and benefactors do what they find objectionable. It’s a two way street.

1. They don’t care about women’s health!

• They allow it when there are verifiable health reasons, not because they don’t want more kids.

1. People can’t get it elsewhere! The hospitals are all Catholic!

• You can’t find an atheist hospital? That should tell you something.

 

[Hobbes42]

It’s extremely good to hear that hospitals like this one are being brought into compliance with Church teaching.

What Bishop is this hospital under? Just curious.