The ACLU is suing the largest Catholic health system in the world for its refusal last year to allow the simple yet essential procedure of tying the tubes of a pregnant woman who had a brain tumor to be performed. Because of its religion-based policies, Ascension Health and its subsidiary Genesys Health System allegedly refused to allow the tubal ligation to be performed during a C-section for Jessica Mann when she was pregnant with her third child. A tubal ligation would prohibit the woman from becoming pregnant in the future, but would also serve to help save her life during her pregnancy....
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/carlyle_addy/aclu_sues_catholic_health_system_for_refusing_necessary_reproductive_care
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