• J92@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Excuse my life, but what the fuck is a Catholic hospital?

    “Welcome good sirs to my church of the Bristol Stool Chart!”

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      12 days ago

      Lots of hospitals were started by churches.

      One of Texas’s biggest medical providers is the Methodist Health System, with 12 full-fledged hospitals and over 100 clinics that started as a hospital in Houston founded by the Methodist church. For most people, it’s just another hospital. The church doesn’t get any of the money or anything.

      Catholic hospitals, however, are a little more notorious for denying care based on religious principles - with abortion and birth control being the big one. They won’t do abortions, offer contraceptives, or perform vasectomies, for instance.

      • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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        12 days ago

        I’m not religious in the slightest, but in my experience, them Methodists seem pretty chill. Worked with one to make their website a while a back and their pastor was the most laid back, easy to work with dude, loved everyone, black, white, brown, straight, gay, trans, whatever. I miss that guy.