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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",
    "map here from 2020"
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  "textContent": "largishcat:\n\n> brofisting:\n>\n>> U.S. Catholic Bishops Launch Attack on Trans Healthcare; It’s Time To Fight Back\n>>\n>> ‘It’s a Nightmare’: The Human Toll of the Catholic Church’s Trans Healthcare Ban\n>>\n>> Quick summary on why this is significant:\n>>\n>>   * 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).\n>>   * The ban is for _all_ transgender healthcare: **HRT, surgery, adults as well as children.**\n>>   * 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.\n>>   * 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.\n>>\n\n>>\n>> 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”.\n>\n> jd vance getting called a moron is always funny but ☝️🤓 we can’t be forgetting the catholic church is literally evil",
  "title": "Quick summary on why this is significant:"
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