More from the Austin Statesman story last December.
University officials said Friday they didn’t know of another public medical school whose primary teaching hospital is Catholic.
So, setting a precedent. A very bad precedent.
Central Health, a public entity, along with the women it serves and doctors it works with, already has had to jump through hoops to accommodate the church, said Meghan Smith, domestic program associate for Catholics for Choice, which supports women’s access to contraception and abortion.
Ian Smith, a lawyer with Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said future doctors will have to jump through similar hoops. [Read more…]