D.C.-area Catholic Hospitals Seek to End Discrimination for Gay Patients
Two Catholic health systems in the D.C. area participated in a campaign to end LGBT discrimination in healthcare
By Elizabeth Flock
July 11, 2013
Two Catholic health systems say they won't tolerate discrimination against gay patients and their families, according to a report released Thursday.
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C. and Bon Secours Health System in Marriottsville, Md., – both Catholic healthcare facilities – were commended in the "Healthcare Equality Index 2013," which was published by the Human Rights Campaign, the largest gay rights group in America.
"Religiously affiliated institutions say... 'I get that this is about health care, and that it's not about politics or morality or religion'," says HRC Health and Aging Director Shane Snowdon. "Next year, to make a fearless prediction, I think we're going to see a lot more."
Washington Adventist Hospital, a healthcare provider in Takoma Park, Md., established by the Seventh-day Adventist church, was also named in the report.
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/07/11/dc-area-catholic-hospitals-seek-to-end-discrimination-for-gay-patients
The report.
http://www.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/HEI_2013_final.pdf
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