{"id":9527,"date":"2019-09-18T14:31:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T21:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9527"},"modified":"2019-09-18T14:35:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T21:35:20","slug":"court-reinstates-lawsuit-against-catholic-hospital-for-refusing-transgender-patients-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9527","title":{"rendered":"Court reinstates lawsuit against Catholic hospital for refusing transgender patient\u2019s surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Michael Hiltzik<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        Stating that California\u2019s interest in fighting discrimination against LGBTQ residents outweighs the right to impose religious standards on healthcare, an appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit against the Catholic Dignity Health hospital chain for barring a hysterectomy for a transgender patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         The lawsuit was brought by Evan Minton, whose hysterectomy was abruptly canceled by Dignity\u2019s Mercy San Juan Medical Center of Carmichael, Calif., in 2016 when hospital officials learned he was transgender. The hospital took the action to comply with the church\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/issues-and-action\/human-life-and-dignity\/health-care\/upload\/Ethical-Religious-Directives-Catholic-Health-Care-Services-fifth-edition-2009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Ethical and Religious Directives<\/a> for Catholic Health Care Services, which prohibit sterilization procedures except in very narrow circumstances. . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/story\/2019-09-18\/hiltzik-catholic-hospital-discrimination-case\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Times Michael Hiltzik Stating that California\u2019s interest in fighting discrimination against LGBTQ residents outweighs the right to impose religious standards on healthcare, an appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit against the Catholic Dignity Health hospital chain for barring a hysterectomy for a transgender patient. The lawsuit was brought by Evan Minton, whose hysterectomy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9527\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Court reinstates lawsuit against Catholic hospital for refusing transgender patient\u2019s surgery&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2413,643,217,9,295,336,28],"tags":[3753],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-body-reconfiguration","category-christianity-catholicism","category-lawsuits","category-news","category-religious-freedom","category-surgery","category-usa","tag-evan-minton"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Court reinstates lawsuit against Catholic hospital for refusing transgender patient\u2019s surgery - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9527\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Court reinstates lawsuit against Catholic hospital for refusing transgender patient\u2019s surgery - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Los Angeles Times Michael Hiltzik Stating that California\u2019s interest in fighting discrimination against LGBTQ residents outweighs the right to impose religious standards on healthcare, an appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit against the Catholic Dignity Health hospital chain for barring a hysterectomy for a transgender patient. 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