Court reinstates lawsuit against Catholic hospital for refusing transgender patient's surgery
by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times
Sep 18, 2019
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - Stating that California's interest in fighting discrimination against LGBTQ residents outweighs the right to impose religious standards on health care, an appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit against the Catholic Dignity Health hospital chain for barring a hysterectomy for a transgender patient.
The lawsuit was brought by Evan Minton, whose hysterectomy was abruptly canceled by Dignity's Mercy San Juan Medical Center of Carmichael, Calif., in 2016 when hospital officials learned he was transgender. The hospital took the action to comply with the church's Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health
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