GET ME REWRITE: Spread of Catholic bishops' hysteria infects us all

 Headline news:

1. New Yorker, 6/22/2021
2. Washington Post, 10/10/2022
3. Los Angeles Times, 6/10/2022
4. Washington Post, 8/5/2022

Excerpt from Washington Post:

Catholic systems now control about 1 in 7 U.S. hospital beds, requiring religious doctrine to guide treatment, often to the surprise of patients. Their ascendancy has broad implications for the evolving national battle over reproductive rights beyond abortion, as bans against it take hold in more than a dozen Republican-led states. 

The Catholic health-care facilities follow directives from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops that prohibit treatment it deems “immoral”: sterilization including vasectomies, postpartum tubal ligations and contraception, as well as abortion. Those policies can limit treatment options for obstetric care during miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies, particularly in the presence of a fetal heartbeat.  [emphasis added]