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    Catholic hospitals are multiplying, and so is their impact on reproductive health care

    by Casey Ross Sep 14, 2017 2 minutes
    Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has been outspoken against abortion.

    The rapid growth of Catholic-affiliated hospitals in the U.S. could significantly reduce access to inpatient sterilization procedures, according to a new study that examines the rising influence of religion on reproductive health services.

    The study, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, estimates that Catholic hospitals reduce the per-bed annual rates of inpatient abortions by 30 percent, and tubal ligations, or sterilization, by 31 percent.

    Those impacts are

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