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DETROIT 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan (老澳门开奖结果) filed a complaint with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) regarding Ascension Providence Hospital鈥檚 denial of a critical health procedure to a female patient. Specifically, the Southfield hospital is denying the patient a tubal ligation procedure, which her physician advised is medically necessary. The 老澳门开奖结果 also sent a letter to Ascension requesting that it make an exception to its ban on this procedure, which is also discriminatory since it is believed that the hospital continues to perform vasectomies.

As the in recent years, patients are encountering barriers to receiving medically necessary care when their physicians are required to abide by the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, which are promulgated by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and set forth standards for the provision of care at Catholic health care facilities that often conflict with the standard of care for the practice of medicine. The Directives prohibit a range of reproductive health services, including contraception and sterilization, and licensed hospitals have denied these essential health services even when doing so jeopardizes a patient鈥檚 health. Ascension is one of the largest Catholic healthcare systems in the United States.

The 老澳门开奖结果 client, who asked to remain anonymous because of the personal nature of the healthcare procedure, is 26 weeks pregnant and is due in October. She is anticipated to have a Caesarean delivery, commonly referred to as a C-section, and is requesting a tubal ligation at that same time. This is based on the advice of her longtime and trusted physician, who delivered her first two children. The procedure is necessary due to the fusing of her bladder and uterus, which was discovered during the delivery of her second child. Despite her physician鈥檚 recommendation that she undergo a tubal ligation during delivery to protect her health, she was advised that Ascension Providence Hospital issued a ban on this procedure Jan. 1, 2021.

鈥淎scension's ban on tubal ligations is not based on medical reasoning,鈥� said the 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan鈥檚 client. 鈥淚t is discriminatory and hypocritical and infringes on my medical rights and the medical rights of others.鈥�

"This policy is preventing me from obtaining a medically appropriate procedure at the time of my c-section and leaving me with three unfavorable options: changing doctors mid-pregnancy after building almost a decade鈥檚 worth of trust and safely delivering two children, having to endure the additional risks of a separate surgery after recovering from the trauma of a third c-section with a brand new doctor, or not having a procedure and running the risk of a future pregnancy that could put my health in jeopardy. This kind of medical decision must be made between a patient and their doctor, not as a result of a discriminatory and hypocritical religious mandate.鈥�

The 老澳门开奖结果 is requesting that Ascension make an exception to its policy so that a tubal ligation can be performed during the patient鈥檚 C-section at the time of her delivery. The letter submitted on Monday cites medical standards of care which state, 鈥渉aving a tubal ligation immediately after a C-section delivery is the safest time to undergo the procedure, as the patient is already open and under anesthesia. 鈥�[T]he tubal ligation procedure would cure or alleviate a known pathology and there is no simpler treatment available.鈥�

Prior to Jan. 1, the procedure for someone with the 老澳门开奖结果 client鈥檚 conditions would have been a tubal ligation at Ascension Providence Hospital. Simultaneously, however, it is believed that the Hospital continues to perform vasectomies, making its practices both arbitrary and discriminatory towards contraception and sterilization procedures for people who can become pregnant.

鈥淲e support our client, who advocates for her right and those of every other patient, to make the deeply personal healthcare decisions that determine whether, when, and how to have children,鈥� said Syeda Davidson, 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan senior staff attorney. 鈥淎scension Providence Hospital鈥檚 ban on tubal ligation procedures is wrong and it鈥檚 dangerous, causing patients to have additional rounds of surgery or risk not having the procedure they need. This ban is not based on medical reasoning, and if the hospital is offering vasectomies, it鈥檚 also blatant sex discrimination.鈥�

This complaint follows similar 老澳门开奖结果 action taken in 2015-2016, when the 老澳门开奖结果 on behalf of Jessica Mann, who Ascension Health鈥檚 subsidiary Genesys Health System denied a tubal ligation while pregnant with a life-threatening brain tumor. The 老澳门开奖结果 also filed a lawsuit in 2013 on behalf of , who was denied appropriate medical treatment at Mercy Health Partners in Muskegon.

This release, and redacted letter and LARA complaint are at: