Tennessee Hospital Denies Woman Sterilization Surgery, Citing Duty to “Sacred Fertility”
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The decision came as the woman was hours into pre-surgery preparations, and already had an IV in her arm.

cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/187619

A Tennessee woman who sought to undergo sterilization surgery last week was abruptly blocked from receiving the procedure, with hospital staff informing her they decided they had a “duty to protect her sacred fertility.” The woman, Mojo Foster, sought a salpingectomy, a type of surgery that removes fallopian tubes, after several years of trying various birth control methods to no avail.

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  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    10 hours ago

    Foster made the appointment at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown long before arriving at the hospital last Friday. Hours into her pre-surgery preparations, after she already had an IV placed in her arm, she was told by the Catholic Ethics Oversight Committee that she couldn’t undergo the surgery.

    She’s currently waiting on a refund because they were fine taking her money too…

      • Mirshe@lemmy.world
        12·
        8 hours ago

        Because a lot of times in the Bad Old Days, the Church was really one of the few ways to get healthcare in a rural area. Tons of places in Tennessee and the rural South were pretty much just forgotten about, and the Catholics capitalized on this by actually doing good Christian stuff - you know, healing the sick and helping the poor and all the things Jesus talks about in Matthew during the Sermon on the Mount.

        Now it’s turned into a battleground for the Church’s values, especially moreso as the American Catholic Church seems to want to actively schism away from the RCC.

  • Ech
    12·
    10 hours ago

    This is one of those things that, while it’s awful, it’s also a lucky break since they are clearly incapable of providing acceptable medical service.