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    Michael Hiltzik: UC regents appear poised to surrender to Catholic healthcare restrictions

    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times Jun 18, 2021 6 minutes

    For more than two years, the University of California has grappled with how to manage proposed partnerships between UC medical systems and hospitals that impose restrictions on healthcare on religious grounds.

    That process is about to come to an end. On Wednesday, the UC Board of Regents will vote on a policy governing those arrangements.

    If the vote goes as expected, it will be a clear win for religious restrictions, especially those imposed by the Catholic Church at hospitals under its control.

    That marks it as a devastating defeat for UC values — that is, for the principle that medical decisions should be based entirely on medical and scientific evidence.

    In short, it's almost a complete surrender to the Catholic Church and its goal of shrinking access to healthcare for women and LGBTQ+ patients.

    The document on the regents' agenda was produced by the office of UC President Michael V. Drake, a physician with a degree from UC San Francisco, as a recommendation to the regents.

    Although it effectively endorses

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