Providence St Joseph Hospital - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 03 Nov 2024 23:35:29 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Providence St Joseph Hospital - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Catholic hospital agrees to provide abortions after California sues over miscarriage care https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/11/04/catholic-hospital-agrees-to-provide-abortions-after-california-sues-over-miscarriage-care/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 04:55:30 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=177474 Providence St Joseph Hospital and the California Attorney General's office have reached a temporary agreement in a case alleging the Catholic-owned hospital in Humboldt County violated multiple state laws by denying emergency abortion care to pregnant patients. Last month, Attorney General Rob Bonta sued Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, alleging it illegally refused to Read more

Catholic hospital agrees to provide abortions after California sues over miscarriage care... Read more]]> Providence St Joseph Hospital and the California Attorney General's office have reached a temporary agreement in a case alleging the Catholic-owned hospital in Humboldt County violated multiple state laws by denying emergency abortion care to pregnant patients.

Last month, Attorney General Rob Bonta sued Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, alleging it illegally refused to provide emergency abortion care to a woman who was 15 weeks pregnant and haemorrhaging.

According to the stipulated agreement released tonight, St Joseph agrees to fully comply with the state's Emergency Services Law, which prohibits hospitals from denying patients emergency care.

The hospital will allow physicians to terminate a patient's pregnancy if not doing so would seriously risk the patient's health.

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