This article does not say anything about the hospitals getting public funding. They should refuse to comply and dare them to shut the doors of hospitals where 1 out 4 beds in hospitals exist. You want a healthcare crisis. I’ll give you one. What are they going to do, pull a Hugo Chavez? I dare them.
Do you seriously doubt that the hospital gets public funding?
That seems to always be the avenue by which the government weasels in and demands compliance with “X”.
I agree with you on one thing: if somehow this isn’t tied to public funding, they should close their doors if they can’t complete their mission without compromising their faith.
The Democrats in the General Assembly tried the same thing in Illinois.
Cardinal George came down to Springfield and met with some of the lawmakers there. He basically told them that if they force Catholic hospitals to dispense the morning after pill in violation of their consciences, then he would shut down all the Catholic hospitals in the Archdiocese of Chicago. They could then answer to the public for the health care crisis that would result.
The Democrats backed down.