Can someone tell me what "not providing gender affirming care" at Catholic hospitals means?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see this announcement from the Catholic church, and am wondering how it impacts my young teenage trans kid.

The closest hospital to my house, the one we'd naturally use for something like an accident or a sudden illness, and where the ambulance would take him in an emergency, is Catholic. We haven't used them, or even considered them for anything related to gender. He goes to other providers, specifically chosen because of their expertise in trans health, for anything that is remotely related to gender, such as therapy, his pediatrician, a gynecologist for continuous birth control to stop periods. Some of the providers we use are at Children's, and my guess is if he ever needed a planned admission (e.g. for a planned surgery) we'd go there.

Right now, he's on an SSRI that helps him with gender dysphoria, and on birth control so he doesn't hav a period. He's not on hormone blockers, or cross-sex hormones. His medical team also "affirms" his gender by using his preferred name, and pronouns when talking to him.

If he were to be hospitalized through an ER admission would they continue his birth control, and use his name and pronouns? Or are those considered gender affirming? Or are they just publicly stating that they aren't doing things that, as I understand it, they haven't ever done, such as prescribing blockers or hormones for outpatients, or doing surgery?

Note: I find this announcement troubling, but just trying to figure out how it impacts him if we need to make a decision in the moment?

How far is the nearst hospital that is more focused on patient care than evangelism?

[Anonymous]

It is exactly what it states. The hospital will not provide gender affirming treatments. It has nothing to do with emergency care or other medical services. If that is still an issue for you, make plans accordingly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If being misgendered would be troubling to you or your child, I would familiarize yourself with the route to a different hospital.

Presumably in a true life-or-death, minutes count sort of emergency, misgendering or missed doses of the pill would not be a concern.

Yes. This should be your last concern if there is a true emergency. Otherwise go to the hospital you prefer.

I find it troubling to force religious people to accommodate beliefs they find untrue, so I guess we are even.

A church congregation should not be forced to no. But a hospital providing health care to the public is not the same thing. Hospitals can’t pick and choose what service they provide based on their interpretation of a book written by men translated many many times into many many languages.
Signed, a Christian

So a catholic hospital should be forced to provide abortions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If being misgendered would be troubling to you or your child, I would familiarize yourself with the route to a different hospital.

Presumably in a true life-or-death, minutes count sort of emergency, misgendering or missed doses of the pill would not be a concern.

Yes. This should be your last concern if there is a true emergency. Otherwise go to the hospital you prefer.

I find it troubling to force religious people to accommodate beliefs they find untrue, so I guess we are even.

A church congregation should not be forced to no. But a hospital providing health care to the public is not the same thing. Hospitals can’t pick and choose what service they provide based on their interpretation of a book written by men translated many many times into many many languages.
Signed, a Christian

So a catholic hospital should be forced to provide abortions?

Yes absolutely. They don’t need to provide elective abortions but they absolutely have to provide medically required abortions. I can’t imagine any ob/gyn who would be happy at watching their patient die or go septic because some Catholics see women as cattle.

[Anonymous]

It can also mean any doctor you see that’s under the hospitals umbrella won’t prescribe things like HRT or testosterone to “cis-het” folks either.

Stripping away medical rights damages the system for EVERYONE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If being misgendered would be troubling to you or your child, I would familiarize yourself with the route to a different hospital.

Presumably in a true life-or-death, minutes count sort of emergency, misgendering or missed doses of the pill would not be a concern.

Yes. This should be your last concern if there is a true emergency. Otherwise go to the hospital you prefer.

I find it troubling to force religious people to accommodate beliefs they find untrue, so I guess we are even.

If “religious people” monopolize a public necessity like hospitals then THEY are the ones imposing their religious views on others if they chose to impose their religious views on health care. If Catholics did not want this they should not have gotten into the business of community health care.

This!

[Anonymous]

It probably depends on the person at the hospital. My guess is the physicians wouod provide gender affirming care as long as it doesn't violate hospital policies. The nurses or other staff may be intentionally cruel because they are more religious.

[Anonymous]

The science is far from settled in terms of how to best treat individuals who experience problems with their sexed body. This is not comparable to medically required abortion at all.

[Anonymous]

If you can get their name legally changed it might take one layer of this away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If being misgendered would be troubling to you or your child, I would familiarize yourself with the route to a different hospital.

Presumably in a true life-or-death, minutes count sort of emergency, misgendering or missed doses of the pill would not be a concern.

Yes. This should be your last concern if there is a true emergency. Otherwise go to the hospital you prefer.

I find it troubling to force religious people to accommodate beliefs they find untrue, so I guess we are even.

If “religious people” monopolize a public necessity like hospitals then THEY are the ones imposing their religious views on others if they chose to impose their religious views on health care. If Catholics did not want this they should not have gotten into the business of community health care.

When Catholics got into community healthcare, it was to help people and trans wasn't a thing so that conflict of beliefs did not exist. Societal beliefs have shifted, not Catholic beliefs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If being misgendered would be troubling to you or your child, I would familiarize yourself with the route to a different hospital.

Presumably in a true life-or-death, minutes count sort of emergency, misgendering or missed doses of the pill would not be a concern.

Yes. This should be your last concern if there is a true emergency. Otherwise go to the hospital you prefer.

I find it troubling to force religious people to accommodate beliefs they find untrue, so I guess we are even.

If “religious people” monopolize a public necessity like hospitals then THEY are the ones imposing their religious views on others if they chose to impose their religious views on health care. If Catholics did not want this they should not have gotten into the business of community health care.

When Catholics got into community healthcare, it was to help people and trans wasn't a thing so that conflict of beliefs did not exist. Societal beliefs have shifted, not Catholic beliefs.

This is flagrantly false. You are entitled to your own beliefs but not to your own facts.

[Anonymous]

The Catholic Church is the largest non-governmental provider of healthcare across the world. They provide the greatest amount of pro bono care in the world, even in places that are not predominantly Catholic. The fact that they will bow to the beliefs of some people does not negate the benefit they provide.

[Anonymous]

I work at a Catholic hospital. They will provide whatever care is needed without bias. They will call you by whatever you prefer. They will not provide surgery to transition DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Catholic Church is the largest non-governmental provider of healthcare across the world. They provide the greatest amount of pro bono care in the world, even in places that are not predominantly Catholic. The fact that they will bow to the beliefs of some people does not negate the benefit they provide.

They do this in hopes of converting people to their religion. Christians want LGBT people to not engage in who we are. Those that actually acknowledge that we even exist. I know when I was a kid they were calling being queer a choice. Now they claim the choice is whether to engage in the “sin” - or at least those that aren’t still living in 1980’s homophobia do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Catholic Church is the largest non-governmental provider of healthcare across the world. They provide the greatest amount of pro bono care in the world, even in places that are not predominantly Catholic. The fact that they will bow to the beliefs of some people does not negate the benefit they provide.

They do this in hopes of converting people to their religion. Christians want LGBT people to not engage in who we are. Those that actually acknowledge that we even exist. I know when I was a kid they were calling being queer a choice. Now they claim the choice is whether to engage in the “sin” - or at least those that aren’t still living in 1980’s homophobia do.

Please do not lump together gay people and trans people. We are not the same.