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, 2021
Reproductive Healthcare Denials among a Privately Insured Population
Hebert LE, Wingo E, Hasselbacher L, Schueler K, Freedman LR, Stulberg DB. Reproductive Healthcare Denials among a Privately Insured Population. Preventative Medicine. September 2021; [Epub ahead of print].
May 28, 2021
Expectations about Availability of Contraception and Abortion at a Hypothetical Catholic Hospital: Rural-Urban Disparities among Wisconsin Women
Kramer RD, Higgins JA, Burns ME, Stulberg DB, Freedman LR. Expectations about Availability of Contraception and Abortion at a Hypothetical Catholic Hospital: Rural-Urban Disparities among Wisconsin Women. Contraception. May 2021; S0010-7824(21)00175-X. [Epub ahead of print].