Religious Healthcare
Religious Healthcare
One in five hospital beds in the country are in religious hospitals, usually Catholic ones. These hospitals often place religious restrictions on health care, most commonly denying patients abortions, miscarriage management, birth control, infertility treatments, vasectomies, and tubal sterilizations. ANSIRH research shows that patients may not know their hospitals are Catholic — and even if they do, they may not realize how these hospitals restrict care. Still, in many areas, a religious hospital is the only nearby option, leaving patients who need this kind of care with few choices.
Research & tools
See allSeptember 1, 2022
Reproductive healthcare denials among a privately insured population
Hebert LE, Wingo E, Nada Hassanein, Schueler K, Freedman LR, Debra Stulberg, MD. Reproductive healthcare denials among a privately insured population. Preventative Medicine. September 2022; DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101450.
May 21, 2022
Beyond Hobby Lobby: Employer's responsibilities and opportunities to improve network access to reproductive healthcare for employees
Hasselbacher L, Wingo E, Cacioppo A, Ashley McHugh, Debra Stulberg, MD, Freedman LR. Beyond Hobby Lobby: Employer's responsibilities and opportunities to improve network access to reproductive healthcare for employees. Contraception: X. May 2022; DOI: 10.1016/j.conx.2022.100078.
November 5, 2021
What you don't know can hurt you: Patient and provider perspectives on postpartum contraceptive care in Illinois Catholic Hospitals
Wong ZJ, Thompson L, Boulware A, Chen J, Freedman LR, Debra Stulberg, MD, Hasselbacher L. What you don't know can hurt you: Patient and provider perspectives on postpartum contraceptive care in Illinois Catholic Hospitals. Contraception. November 2021; DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2021.10.004.