re: #5 calochortus

I really don’t think a medical facility risking women’s lives over reproductive health issues is an overreach. If the bishops are practicing medicine without a license, then at least the word should get out.

More and more communities have no choice other than Catholic hospitals-and they are rebranding themselves as “Dignity Health” rather than Catholic Healthcare so people may not even realize that their hospital is Catholic.

And if the court swats this suit down with a majority opinion that tells the Catholic church that they are entitled to continue their existing practices and perhaps even expand on them, what then?

Currently their hospital workers and administrators are at least restricted somewhat by the threat of possible lawsuits over their behavior. What happens if the Supreme Court gives them a green light to continue as they have been and allows leeway for worse?

I don’t understand why the ACLU is pushing this suit now rather than waiting a few months to see how the two current “religious rights of corporations” suits are handled by the court first.

This could very well come back to bite us all in the ass and result in further restrictions of women’s/patient’s rights. Sometimes in the political/legal world pragmatism is a necessity and initiatives for change need a bit of consideration as to their timing.

I’m all for what the ACLU is asking for, don’t mistake my questioning of their timing for opposition on my part. But I do deeply question their timing of this suit as a possible major mistake on their part. :(