U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-transition care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender healthcare.
From a Baltimore hotel ballroom, the bishops overwhelmingly approved revisions to their ethical and religious directives that guide the nation’s thousands of Catholic healthcare institutions and providers.
More than one in seven patients in the U.S. are treated each day at Catholic hospitals, according to the Catholic Health Association. Catholic hospitals are the only medical center in some communities.
