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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am also on Kaiser and live in Rockville. I plan to deliver at Reston Health Center. The Catholic thing makes me uncomfortable as well and also various ratings were not great. [/quote]

How does that make you uncomfortable? I had a great birth experience at Holy Cross Germantown. [/quote]

They refuse to treat a variety of conditions (e.g. ectopic pregnancies) because of their religious objections. That is a situation where the embryo cannot even be saved and can be life threatening to the woman, so it does not inspire confidence that they will do a good job caring for me or my baby.

Also, my family does not meet the Catholic church's rather narrow definition of family (they don't approve of gay people, trans people, conception by IVF, single parenthood unless by adoption, and any number of other family arrangements). I understand this doesn't mean every nurse and doctor will necessarily give me the side eye, but they have a crucifix in every room and frequent Catholic prayers over the loudspeaker. Thus it makes me uncomfortable.

Glad you had a great experience but it's just not for me.[/quote]

They don't approve of single parenthood by adoption either[/quote]

The Catholic Church does not prohibit treating ectopic pregnancies. There are several articles out there that say otherwise, but they are incorrect. While there is ethical debate among theologians, there is no restriction in the catholic health care community. It would certainly be helpful though, if the Church would end that theoretical theological debate to align with the actual health care practices.

"Catholic health care guidelines do not debate whether to treat ectopic pregnancies, which are never viable and are always life-threatening to the mother." https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/my-ectopic-pregnancy-i-never-want-go-through-again

https://www.chausa.org/publications/health-care-ethics-usa/article/winter-2011/catholic-hospitals-and-ectopic-pregnancies[/quote]

Guidance is inconsistent and not transparent. Some hospitals permit the removal of the entire fallopian tube, reasoning that the embryo is then just an unintended casualty. This doesn't kill the woman but also needless hurts future chances at fertility and takes away a perfectly functioning body part for their own moral reasoning. Even then, it is neither consistent nor transparent.

The U.S. the United States, the Ethical and Religious Directives (guidelines that governs health care provision in Catholic medical centers) writes “In case of extrauterine pregnancy, no intervention is morally licit which constitutes a direct abortion."

That leaves some room for interpretation but also strongly implies no treatment allowed. Your mileage may vary according to hospital and theologian. [/quote]

That will be the very rare hospital.  Spreading misinformation as if this particular hospital has such a policiy, or even a lot or most is wrong.[/quote]

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