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PUTNAM, Conn. (AP) — Even as numerous Republican-governed states push for sweeping bans on abortion, there is a coinciding surge of concern in some...

There is a surge of concern in some Democratic-led states that options for reproductive health care are dwindling due to Catholic hospital networks expanding.

There is a surge of concern in some Democratic-led states that options for reproductive health care are dwindling due to Catholic hospital networks expanding.

There is a surge of concern in some Democratic-led states that options for reproductive health care are dwindling due to Catholic hospital networks expanding.

There is a surge of concern in some Democratic-led states that options for reproductive health care are dwindling due to Catholic hospital networks expanding.

Even as numerous Republican-governed states push for sweeping bans on abortion, there is a coinciding surge of concern in some Democratic-led states that options for reproductive health care are dwindling due to expansion of Catholic hospital networks.

Certain services are widely available at secular hospitals but generally forbidden, along with abortion, at Catholic facilities under the Ethical and Religious Directives set by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Concerns in these blue states pertain to such services as contraception, sterilization and certain procedures for handling pregnancy emergencies.

There is a surge of concern in some Democratic-led states that options for reproductive health care are dwindling due to Catholic hospital networks expanding.

There is a surge of concern in some Democratic-led states that options for reproductive health care are dwindling due to Catholic hospital networks expanding.