Facing a fake clinic escort in NYC

[beam me up scottie]

6. Yes, that was mentioned in the Mother Jones article.

They also extend to end-of-life care: Catholic hospitals may ignore patients' requests to be removed from feeding tubes or life support, even if those wishes are expressed in living wills. And many states allow religious hospitals to discriminate against gays and lesbians, both as employees and as patients.

It's infuriating that a person's wishes or those of their family can be dismissed because the Church can't mind its own business. How dare they insert themselves into such a private matter? And many people are completely unaware that they have so much influence.