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Catholic bishops set ban on gender-affirming care
Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care.
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The bishops' decision formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. They also approved a special message on immigration, expressing concern over enforcement and conditions in detention centers.
U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-transition care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care.
Most Catholic health care institutions have taken a conservative approach and not offered gender-affirming care, which may involve hormonal, psychological, and surgical treatments.
The U.S. bishops have approved an updated version of their guiding document on Catholic health care, with substantial revisions that include explicit prohibitions against so-called “gender-affirming care.”
The decision formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. Catholic hospitals are the only medical center in some communities.
Members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted Wednesday to ban the use of transgender medical procedures in Catholic hospitals across the nation.
Gathered in Baltimore, U.S. Catholic bishops overwhelmingly approved revisions to directives that guide the nation’s thousands of Catholic health care institutions and providers.
U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care.
U.S. Catholic bishops voted on Wednesday to officially prohibit Catholic hospitals from offering sex change drugs and surgeries to transgender-identifying patients.
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