Why is the ACLU Targeting Catholic Hospitals?

Stephanie Slade's recent article in America, "Why is the ACLU Targeting Catholic Hospitals?" is well worth the time to read.  As she notes in the article, one in six patients receives medical care at a Catholic institution -- of which there are 649 in the country, employing 750,000 people.  While the ACLU's targeting of these Catholic institutions centers around abortion and contraception, the larger point (and one of the reasons we should pay attention to this) is that Catholic health care exists in many underserved communities.  In fact, in some communities, the Catholic hospital is the only one within a wide geographic range. Click here to read the article.