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(108,903 posts) Tue Apr 1, 2014, 08:07 AM Apr 2014

Doctors at an Oklahoma Hospital Were Just Told They Can’t Prescribe Birth Control Anymore [View all]

http://www.thenation.com/blog/179102/doctors-oklahoma-hospital-were-just-told-they-cant-prescribe-birth-control-anymore

Catholic hospital administrators ordered doctors practicing in a small Oklahoma city to stop prescribing contraceptives for birth control purposes, according to a report by the Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise.

The directive would affect all doctors affiliated with Jane Phillips Medical Center, leaving just one OB-GYN who can prescribe birth control in a city with more than 18,500 women.

A spokesperson for St. John Health System, which owns Jane Phillips, says St. John denies giving such an order.

“I was told that my physician has been instructed that they can no longer write prescriptions for birth control as birth control. This effects me because I take birth control as birth control. There are other ways to receive birth control, for example headaches, cramps, excessive bleeding — but I have none of those symptoms,” a local woman, who requested anonymity, told the Examiner-Enterprise.

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Doctors at an Oklahoma Hospital Were Just Told They Can’t Prescribe Birth Control Anymore [View all] xchrom Apr 2014 OP

well Did they or didn't they> that is the question. n/t hollysmom Apr 2014 #1

Link to original article gollygee Apr 2014 #2

Meanwhile the writer of the article and editors of the paper HERVEPA Apr 2014 #3

Abington and Holy Redeemer Freddie Apr 2014 #32

Thanks for the details Freddie HERVEPA Apr 2014 #41

There are plenty of regressive anti birth control Republicans. They seem to be given a pass. gordianot Apr 2014 #4

unfuckingbelievable mopinko Apr 2014 #5

For what? It is all for political reasons. Enthusiast Apr 2014 #15

So... Sweet Freedom Apr 2014 #6

As long as they drop a twenty in the collection cup...nt Wounded Bear Apr 2014 #33

I attended a meeting about this issue last month TexasProgresive Apr 2014 #7

I can imagine what that meeting was like! But, the good news is that... TreasonousBastard Apr 2014 #18

Lack of access to contraception is also a great loss for the poor theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #22

Put for-profit Catholic hospitals out of business. Loki Apr 2014 #8

A lot of poor people rely on those Catholic hospitals, wall_dish Apr 2014 #21

Really? theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #23

The one here does- TexasProgresive Apr 2014 #25

That is not a response to the Mother Jones article theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #28

The 3 in my area do. wall_dish Apr 2014 #27

So do most hospitals, Catholic or not theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #29

I have no idea if they do or don't and I'm not inclined to find out. wall_dish Apr 2014 #30

The "profits" are rolled back into improvements to plant, indigent health care - TexasProgresive Apr 2014 #24

My daughter has it to help with acne and to regulate periods. The added bonus is she is a bit more Ed Suspicious Apr 2014 #9

The simple solution? SCVDem Apr 2014 #10

This should be a given for progressives-nt Anansi1171 Apr 2014 #26

Let's hear how awesome the new church is now! Marrah_G Apr 2014 #11

prohibition in "name only" nothing will actually change OKNancy Apr 2014 #12

Get your facts out of here. We have false outrage to focus on... joeglow3 Apr 2014 #17

Sigh! Two posts showing how the situation... TreasonousBastard Apr 2014 #19

FOX23 tried to ask several follow up questions, in response to the company’s statement, but we were progressoid Apr 2014 #39

And so it begins.... blackspade Apr 2014 #13

The Catholic Church is making a bad mistake here. Enthusiast Apr 2014 #14

I agree. laundry_queen Apr 2014 #35

Women had to be super resourceful in those days. Now too, of course. Enthusiast Apr 2014 #38

But Pope Photo-Op drives a Renault!!... SidDithers Apr 2014 #16

lol April Fools! Boudica the Lyoness Apr 2014 #20

Practicing medicine without licenses or examinations. Orsino Apr 2014 #31

So...did they give that order? theboss Apr 2014 #34

The original article is a little better. progressoid Apr 2014 #40

Fucking Regressive Idiots. truebrit71 Apr 2014 #36

So, the argument is they are the good guys ohheckyeah Apr 2014 #37