A Bellingham, Washington woman named Alison was three months pregnant was sent home three times by a Catholic hospital even while bleeding, passing a blood clot the “size of a jawbreaker,” and running a fever of 100.4. It was only until a single doctor at the PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center told Alison that she could have an abortion to end her life-threatening pregnancy, because the hospital avoided telling her it was an option due to religious restrictions.
when Alison was eventually told by a doctor that her life was in danger and she could have surgery to end her pregnancy, he couldn’t proceed until the hospitals ethics committee approved the surgery:
Citing Catholic policy, PeaceHealth bans abortion unless its “direct purpose” is the “cure of a proportionately serious pathological condition of a pregnant woman” and it “cannot be safely postponed until the unborn child is viable.” In other words, the hospital would permit the life-saving surgery only if the committee considered Alison sick enough.“I remember being scared about that,” Alison told Rewire.News.
What happened to Alison isn’t an isolated incident, as women who seek care in Catholic hospitals find their level of care and options immensely restricted due to religion even as they battle fatal pregnancies.
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