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Thursday, August 8, 2013

Wisconsin May Force Catholic Hospitals to Offer Privileges to Abortion Docs







by Matthew Archbold


In a severe blow to religious freedom, the Attorney General of Wisconsin stated in court documents that the state may force Catholic hospital to offer admitting privileges to abortionists.


Wisconsin recently passed a law requiring abortion doctors to have hospital admitting privileges within 30 miles of their clinics. Planned Parenthood sued, of course. Wisconsin AG J.B. Van Hollen argued in defense of the new state law that plans by three Catholic hospital systems in Wisconsin -Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, Columbia St. Mary’s Health System and Hospital Sisters Health System – to deny admitting privileges to doctors who perform abortions would violate federal law and put them at risk of losing all federal funding.

 This would be a very dangerous consequence of a pro-life law.

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Matthew Archbold writes for the Creative Minority Report, where this post first appeared.

 



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