U.S. Catholic bishops to create first guidelines for transgender health care
One in 7 U.S. hospital beds are in Catholic systems.
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One in 7 U.S. hospital beds are in Catholic systems.
At the final day of their spring meeting in Orlando, Florida, the U.S. bishops discussed updates to directives for Catholic health care services.
While most Catholic hospitals already refrain from offering transgender surgeries and hormonal interventions, the vote means that the bishops will move to formalize such bans.
Catholic hospitals are on track to begin banning gender-transition surgery and other medical procedures for transgender people after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops unanimously voted to revise the church's health care guidelines.
During their spring assembly this week, Catholic bishops in the United States will vote on whether to amend official healthcare directives to prohibit Catholic facilities from offering services that affirm trans-identified individuals' perceptions about their sex.