Quick summary on why this is significant:

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U.S. Catholic Bishops Launch Attack on Trans Healthcare; It’s Time To Fight Back

‘It’s a Nightmare’: The Human Toll of the Catholic Church’s Trans Healthcare Ban

Quick summary on why this is significant:

• There are many states (including states with progressive governments) where over 1/3 of all total available hospital beds/clinics/doctor office practices are in Catholic institutions (map here from 2020).
• The ban is for all transgender healthcare: HRT, surgery, adults as well as children.
• It is a new ban; many of these places previously provided trans healthcare****and people have lost their coverage, often the only available coverage in their area.
• The ban voted on by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, was passed with 206 in favor and 7 against, and they specifically quoted Pope Francis saying, “I want you to fight gender ideology, which is repugnant to the Bible and our tradition,” as the reason why it was necessary.

More information on the Catholic Church being a huge driver of international transphobia can be found in Judith Butler’s “Who’s Afraid Of Gender?”, chapter 2, “Vatican Views”.

jd vance getting called a moron is always funny but ☝️🤓 we can’t be forgetting the catholic church is literally evil