The medical space and the religious space are different things. Catholics run churches and concern themselves with souls. Doctors make decisions about medicine in hospitals.
It's when folks cross the line that problems occur. When folks demand that religious rules apply in the medical realm.
Caholics may think of themselves as doing good. Doing good is letting doctors be doctors. If you want to offer religious-based contraceptive or abortion advice to patients, you can do it from a church. Or if requested, by all means have a priest visit a patient.
Of course, we remember that 5 of 9 supremes are Catholic. So they are likely to make a poor decision. Typical of catholicism to over-reach.
You should never have a religious majority on the supreme court of a country. Especially if that religious group is far from being a majority in that society.
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