Media Coverage

Media Coverage Related to Contraception Denials:

• Albuquerque Journal: Walgreens again in hot water over refusal to fill prescription (January 19, 2017)
• AlterNet: Catholic Hospital Turns Away Woman Bleeding from Dislodged IUD Because Church Opposes Birth Control (August 28, 2016)
• The Guardian: Woman alleges hospital refused to remove her IUD, citing Catholic rules (September 1, 2016)
• Buzzfeed News: This Woman’s IUD was Stuck for Two Weeks Because Her Catholic Hospital Refused To Take It Out (August 30, 2016)
• Glamour Health: This Woman Was Denied Care for Her Dislodged IUD for the Worst Reason (August 30, 2016)
• Raw Story: Catholic hospital turns away woman bleeding from dislodged IUD because church opposes birth control (August 28, 2016)
• Refinery29: This Dislodged IUD Story is Honestly So Infuriating (August 26, 2016)
• MadameNoire: Abstinence Only Admitted: Bleeding Woman Turned From Catholic Hospital Because of IUD (August 28, 2016)
• Elite Daily: Catholic Hospital Refuses To Remove Dislodged IUD From Bleeding Woman (August 27, 2016)
• Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Civil rights charges hit city hospital (August 25, 2016)
• Becker’s Hospital Review: Woman claims Chicago hospital would not remove IUD for religious reasons (August 31, 2016)
• ABC7: Woman Claims Doctor Refused to Remove IUD for Religious Reasons (August 22, 2016)
• CBS St. Louis: Claim: Doctor Refused to Remove IUD for Religious Reasons (August 24, 2016)
• ReWire: Complaint: Citing Catholic Rules, Doctor Turns Away Bleeding Woman With Dislodged IUD (August 23, 2016)

Media Coverage Related to the Health Care Right of Conscience Act Amendment:

• Rewire CHOICE/LESS Podcast: Mindy Swank: How Could You Treat Women So Poorly in the Name of God? (January 24, 2017)
• The State Journal-Register: Rauner signs bill altering health care ‘right of conscience’ law (August 2, 2016)
• The State Journal-Register: Mindy Swank: SB 1564 is reasonable compromise between patients’ rights, providers’ faith (July 26, 2016)
• The State Journal-Register: ACLU pushes for change in ‘right of conscience’ law (July 25, 2015)
• The State Journal-Register Opinion: Illinois can empower patients with tweak to state law (July 18, 2015)
• Chicago Tribune Editorial: Health care, faith and conscience (May 25, 2015)
• Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: A patient has a right to know all her medical options (May 18, 2015)
• Chicago Tribune: Bill would make Catholic hospitals tell patients about options elsewhere (April 17, 2015)
• StoryCorps: Angela Was Pregnant and Unable To Get the Health Care She Needed (March 23, 2016)
• JUF News: Community leaders examine Illinois’ Religious Refusal Laws (March 3, 2016)
• Yahoo Parenting: Mom Denied Procedure During C-Section Sparks Campaign to Change Laws (July 31, 2015)
• Rewire: Illinois May Require Anti-Choice Hospitals to Discuss Health-Care Options (April 24, 2015)
• Reuters: Illinois cannot make pharmacists give ‘morning after’ pill: court (September 21, 2012)
• USA Today: Court: Pharmacists can refuse to sell morning-after pill (April 6, 2011)
• The Chicago Tribune: Illinois Supreme Court rules on pharmacists’ ‘right of conscience’ case (December 18, 2008)

Media Coverage Related to the Imposition of Religious Restrictions at Federally Qualified Health Clinics:

• Peoria Public Radio: Religious Restrictions Limits Contraception in Poorest Part of Peoria (Feb. 22, 2017)
• Peoria Journal Star: ACLU calls out Heartland Health Services for restrictive birth control procedures (Feb. 21, 2017)
• Central Illinois Proud: ACLU Investigates Heartland Health Clinics, Says Access to Birth Control is Limited (Feb. 21, 2017)
• The Community Word: ACLU Questions Heartland Clinic about religious restrictions (December 30, 2016)
• Peoria Public Radio: Healthcare providers gather to address rates of STIs, teen births (Nov 2. 2015)

Media Coverage Related to the Imposition of Religious Directives at Retail Clinics:

• World Religion News: Worries Mount Over Walgreens’ Relationship with Catholic Healthcare Providers (August 22, 2016)
• Windy City Times: Public interest groups to Walgreens: Medical service over religious doctrine (August 22, 2016)
• Associated Press: Walgreens Clinics Run by SSM to Include Birth Control (August 25, 2016)
• FoxNews Health: Walgreens clinics run by Catholic nonprofit to include birth control (August 25, 2016)
• Associated Press: Groups press Walgreens on religious restrictions in clinics (August 18, 2016)

Other Media Coverage of the Put Patients First Initiative:

• ReWire: Outcy Over Catholic Rules May Quash Health System’s Bid for Chicago Taxpayer Funds (September 16, 2016)
• DNA Info: Birth Control Ban Costs Catholic Hospitals Millions in Tax Dollars, For Now (September 13, 2016)
• Rewire: CHOICE/LESS, Episode 9 – Dr. Debra Stulberg: Did you hear we’re going to be working for the Pope? (July 11, 2016)
• Huffington Post Chicago: A Bad Deal for Health Care in Illinois (May 20, 2010)
• The Chicago Tribune: Time to revisit health care’s Conscience Act (February 6, 2006

Coverage of National Efforts to End the Use of Religion to Deny Health Care:

• Huffington Post: Womens’ Health and Equality: Why We Supported Cecile Richards Speaking At a Catholic University (May 7, 2016)
• Kaiser Health News: As Catholic Hospital Systems Grow, Advocates Worry About Faith-Based Prohibitions On Reproductive Care (May 6, 2016)
• Washington Post: 1 in 6 hospital beds in U.S. is in a Catholic institution, restricting reproductive care (May 5, 2016)
• The Guardian: Hundreds of US hospitals Follow Catholic Rules on Reproductive Care (May 5, 2016)
• Reuters: Watchdog finds much larger Catholic influence on U.S. hospitals (May 5, 2016)
• New York Magazine: There Are Nearly 550 Catholic Hospitals That Can Deny Women Emergency Reproductive Care (May 5, 2016)
• Becker’s Hospital Review: 6 Findings on the Growth of Catholic Hospitals and Health Systems (May 5, 2016)
• Seattle Weekly: Catholic Hospitals Still Hurt Women’s Health (May 5, 2016)
• Michigan Radio: 1 in 4 Michigan Hospital Beds Are in Catholic Hospitals (May 5, 2016)
• Arkansas Matters: Criticism for Catholic Hospital Practices (May 5, 2016)
• Wisconsin Gazette: 1 in 6 beds in facilities that prohibit range of reproductive health care (May 5, 2016)
• Eclecta Blog: New report shows continued growth of Catholic health systems that refuse to provide essential care (May 5, 2016)
• Common Dreams: New Report Reveals 1 in 6 U.S. Hospital Beds Are in Catholic Facilities That Prohibit Essential Health Care for Women (May 5, 2016)
• Fierce Health Care: Number of Catholic hospitals in US has grown 22% since 2001 (May 5, 2016)
• Grand Forks Herald: Watchdog finds much larger Catholic influence on U.S. hospitals (May 5, 2016)
• Los Angeles Times: Here’s another case of a Catholic hospital interfering with patient care (January 11, 2016)
• National Partnership for Women and Families: ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Catholic Hospital for Denying Woman Tubal Ligation (January 4, 2016)
• The Washington Post: A pregnant woman wanted her tubes tied. Her Catholic hospital said no. (September 13, 2015)
• SF Gate: Catholic hospital backs down on tubal ligation refusal (August 24, 2015)
• Rewire: I Had an Ectopic Pregnancy, and Anti-Choice Laws Could Have Made My Experience Much Worse (February 4, 2015)
• The Atlantic: ‘A Risk of Harm': Catholic Hospitals’ Ban on Tube-Tying (January 2, 2015)
• Huffington Post: Lawsuits Target Catholic Hospitals For Refusing To Provide Emergency Miscarriage Management (June 10, 2016)
• The Guardian: Abortion ban linked to dangerous miscarriages at Catholic hospital, report claims (February 18, 2016)
• Salon: When the Catholic Church owns your doctor: The insidious new threat to affordable birth control (May 11, 2015)
• Cosmopolitan: Woman Claims Doctor Abruptly Refuses to Prescribe Birth Control, Citing Religion (November 10, 2015)
• Think Progress: Providing Transgender People Health Care Violates Religious Beliefs, New Lawsuit Claims (August 23, 2016)
• Think Progress: A Bishop In The Exam Room: When Faith Dictates Health Care Instead Of Science (June 22, 2016)
• Detroit Free Press: Pediatrician Refuses to Care for Baby with Two Moms (February 19, 2015)
• Progress Illinois: Proposal Seeks To Strike A Balance Between Religion, Patient Care In IL (March 5, 2015)
• Refinery 29: The Top 5 Scariest Things Catholic Bishops Have Said About Women (July 17, 2015)
• The Guardian: More courts are telling businesses: stop using religion to discriminate (February 25, 2015)