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California OB-GYNs Navigate Catholic Hospitals' Restrictions

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A woman in Northern California is suing a Catholic hospital because it refused to allow her doctor to perform a birth control procedure. That hospital, Mercy Medical Center Redding, said its "ethics code" prohibits sterilization procedures in most cases. We spoke with two doctors in Los Angeles who are trying to balance a Catholic hospital's rule with their own obligation to provide quality care to their patients.

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