Article: DPH may give magic pill to Catholic hospitals; Exemption eyed by state agency.(News)

Article: Massachusetts governor scraps emergency ...
AP Worldstream;  December 8, 2005 ;     506 words ... ... hospitals from a new law requiring them to dispense emergency contraception to rape victims. Gov. Mitt Romney had initially backed ... to come to its senses and do the right thing." The emergency contraception pill is a high dose of hormones that women can take ...

Article: Catholic hospitals restrict emergency ...
Free Inquiry;  March 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ...A survey of U.S. Catholic hospitals has found most will not provide emergency contraception (EC) treatment to patients who have ... pregnancy after unprotected sex." The Catholic hospitals who deny patients EC may be on a collision ...

Article: Finding EC is not easy.(survey of emergency departments of ...
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... all U.S. Catholic hospitals in 2002 ... in need of emergency contraception learned that ... provides emergency contraception. The majority ... from non-Catholic hospitals) led to ... Availability of emergency contraception: a survey ...

Article: Bishops forced to back down over EC in Catholic ...
Conscience;  December 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... agreed to allow Catholic hospitals to provide emergency contraception to women who ... state's four Catholic hospitals. For many ... fact that most Catholic hospitals say they do not offer emergency contraception, a step that ...

Article: Majority of Catholic hospitals refuses to provide ...
Conscience;  September 22, 2005 ;     637 words ... ... that staff at 55 percent of Catholic hospitals and 42 percent of non-Catholic hospitals said they do not dispense emergency contraception (EC) for any reason ... surveyed by telephone all 597 Catholic hospitals in the US and 615, or 17 ...

Article: Catholic Hospitals Limit Women's Access To ...
U.S. Newswire;  December 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... circumstances. "Catholic hospitals have a long ... not provide emergency contraception do little ... administration of emergency contraception or meaningful ... said that Catholic hospitals must obey ... t believe Catholic hospitals should be ... availability of ...

Article: Catholic Hospitals Limit Women's Access To ...
U.S. Newswire;  December 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Chance Denied: Emergency Contraception in Catholic ... emergency rooms in Catholic hospitals across the ... with EC. "Catholic hospitals have a long ... Thursday, "Emergency contraception is endorsed ... t believe Catholic hospitals should be ... availability of ...