Catholic hospitals, which represent a growing share of health care in the United States, prohibit staff from providing many common reproductive health services, including ones related to sterilization ...

Washington, D.C. — By 2020, at least 1 in 6 U.S. hospital beds were located in Catholic hospitals. While consolidation has been increasing in American health care, Catholic health care providers are ...

As more hospitals merge or acquire smaller providers, patients are left with fewer choices and are charged higher prices as they experience greater difficulty accessing health services and, ...

Although ethical healthcare guidelines compel clinicians who won’t provide reproductive services based on morals or religious beliefs to quickly refer their patients elsewhere, a new study suggests ...

A new ACLU suit will challenge the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops over its abortion-restricting directives governing patient care at the nation's Catholic hospitals. The suit argues that ...

ST. LOUIS — Transgender people across St. Louis may now not be able to access gender-affirming care at some of the region's largest hospitals. Bishops from across the U.S. overwhelmingly voted on ...

After U.S. Catholic leaders voted this week to prohibit gender-affirming care at hospitals tied to the church, Oregon’s largest health system is now evaluating what the decision could mean for ...