{"id":2513902,"date":"2025-11-24T07:55:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bishops-vote-to-prohibit-trans-surgeries-in-catholic-hospitals\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T07:58:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:58:04","slug":"bishops-vote-to-prohibit-trans-surgeries-in-catholic-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bishops-vote-to-prohibit-trans-surgeries-in-catholic-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishops Vote To Prohibit Trans Surgeries In Catholic Hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbishops-vote-to-prohibit-trans-surgeries-in-catholic-hospitals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2513902&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S.Catholic bishops, during their November 2023 plenary assembly, voted to prohibit transgender surgeries and the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/very-complicated-dr-rachel-levine-dodges-sen-pauls-issue-about-sex-adjustments-for-children\/\" title=\"\u2018Very Complicated\u2019: Dr. Rachel Levine Dodges Sen. Paul\u2019s Issue About Sex Adjustments For Children\">cross-sex hormones<\/a> in Catholic hospitals, aligning with longstanding concerns raised by Catholic physicians and medical groups. These updated ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services solidify a stance against medical interventions aimed at altering sexual characteristics, especially for minors. Despite clear Catholic teaching affirming biological sex, many Catholic hospitals have been reported to perform such procedures, leading to public scandals and investigations. The Catholic Medical Association and allied organizations have advocated for this policy change for decades, emphasizing the physical and psychological harm caused by gender transition treatments. The directive underscores that Catholic health care institutions must comply or risk losing their Catholic identity, even as financial pressures related to transgender medicine pose challenges. The Catholic Health Association praised the updated guidelines as consistent with church teaching on human dignity, highlighting the moral and ethical implications of transgender medical interventions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>U.S. Catholic bishops voted to prohibit transgender surgeries and the use of cross-sex hormones in Catholic hospitals, in a show of solidarity with Catholic physicians and medical groups who have advocated for an end to the procedures for more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) met Nov. 11-13 in Baltimore, Maryland, for their biannual plenary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/committees\/communications\/plenary-assemblies#:~:text=The%20body%20of%20bishops%20meets,available%20online%20via%20live%20stream.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assembly<\/a>, in which bishops, individuals, and organizations determine and discuss church policy. On Nov. 12, bishops overwhelmingly voted to approve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/resources\/ethical-and-religious-directives-catholic-health-care-services-seventh-edition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">updates<\/a> to the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs), including the prohibition of transgender surgical and hormonal manipulation.<\/p>\n<p>The vote is significant, as more than one in seven patients are served in Catholic hospitals daily.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chausa.org\/news-and-publications\/facts-and-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Catholic health facilities<\/a> serve patients in all 50 states, overseeing more than 600 hospitals and 1600 other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-homeland-security-department-illegal-immigrants-should-get-vaccine\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Homeland Security Department: Illegal Immigrants Should Get Vaccine\">health care facilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic Medical Association (CMA) has raised concerns over the dangers of transgender interventions for at least 20 years, with significantly increased attention over the past decade, said Dr. Tim Millea, CMA health care policy chairman.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cathmed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ThePulse_Fall2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2016 publication<\/a>, the CMA highlighted research conducted by Dr. Michelle Cretella, a CMA member and president of the American College of Pediatrics, who had specialized in adolescent mental and sexual health for years and witnessed the damage done by physicians experimenting on gender-confused youth. At the time, Cretella was supporting parent groups fighting for female- or male-only bathrooms and locker rooms in schools.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The explosion of young people seeking these interventions led to our recognition that this had become a true public health concern and needed to be addressed more prominently and with greater urgency,&rdquo; Millea said.<\/p>\n<h2>USCCB Fails to Address Issue Directly until 2023<\/h2>\n<p>It would still take years for Catholic bishops to take a public stance.<\/p>\n<p>The USCCB did not address the issue directly until 2023, when it updated decades-old guidelines for professional-patient relationships in Catholic health care facilities. Altering bodies for &ldquo;gender dysphoria&rdquo; or &ldquo;gender incongruence&rdquo; is &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/resources\/Doctrinal%20Note%202023-03-20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">not morally justified<\/a>,&rdquo; the revised directives stated, directing Catholic health care providers to avoid any interventions, surgical or chemical, &ldquo;that aim to transform the sexual characteristics of a human body into those of the opposite sex or take part in the development of such procedures.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a presentation preceding last week&rsquo;s vote, Auxiliary Bishop James Massa of Brooklyn, New York, who is chairman of the USCCB Committee on Doctrine, said the original 2023 document <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osvnews.com\/us-bishops-overwhelmingly-back-ban-on-gender-interventions-by-catholic-health-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;incorporated insights&rdquo;<\/a> from Catholic physicians, bioethicists, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/montana-legislature-approves-bill-barring-employers-from-requiring-workers-to-get-vaccinated\/\" title=\"Montana Legislature Approves Bill Barring Employers From Requiring Workers To Get Vaccinated\">health care organizations<\/a>, and that the topic received intense &ldquo;scrutiny by multiple experts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The USCCB&rsquo;s increased attention over the past few years parallels the magnitude of the damage being done, especially to minors, Millea said.<\/p>\n<h2>Scandal<\/h2>\n<p>Catholic teaching on gender is clear, affirming the biological reality that humans are created male and female, but many Catholic hospitals have blatantly ignored church teaching for years, performing transgender surgeries and sterilization and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legislation-introduced-to-allow-adults-to-sue-doctors-who-perform-gender-transition-procedures-on-minors\/\" title=\"Legislation Introduced To Allow Adults to Sue Doctors Who Perform ... Transition ... On Minors\">prescribing cross-sex hormones<\/a> to minors.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the watchdog group Do No Harm published <a href=\"https:\/\/stoptheharmdatabase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">findings<\/a> collected from health care insurance claims between 2019-2023, linking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/259761\/report-nearly-150-catholic-hospitals-provided-transgender-drugs-or-surgeries-to-children#:~:text=Nearly%20150%20Catholic%20hospitals%20across,by%20a%20medical%20watchdog%20group.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">150 Catholic-affiliated hospitals<\/a> with the prescribing of puberty blockers or gender-transition surgeries.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/259761\/report-nearly-150-catholic-hospitals-provided-transgender-drugs-or-surgeries-to-children#:~:text=Nearly%20150%20Catholic%20hospitals%20across,by%20a%20medical%20watchdog%20group.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reporting<\/a> on the scandal, EWTN News received no clear response as to what actions would be taken against Catholic institutions violating USCCB guidance.<\/p>\n<h2>Long-Awaited Recognition<\/h2>\n<p>The CMA continues to be a driving and outspoken force for the protection of minors from transgender interventions.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, multiple Catholic medical and health policy organizations and physicians, to include the CMA, signed the <a href=\"https:\/\/doctorsprotectingchildren.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Doctors Protecting Children Declaration<\/a>, calling for an end to transgender procedures and prescribing of cross-sex hormones. The CMA has also committed to supporting legal justice for people harmed by transgender surgeries and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cathmed.org\/the-pulse\/american-college-of-pediatricians-launches-new-resource-website\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">worked alongside<\/a> the American College of Pediatricians to educate and inform. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >medical group notably hosted<\/a> a panel of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/11\/data-u-s-hospitals-transitioned-nearly-6000-kids-from-2019-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">detransitioned young adults<\/a> at its annual education conference last year, giving a voice to those directly injured through transgender &ldquo;care.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Weighing the Cost<\/h2>\n<p>&ldquo;The updated ERDs are clear in the bishops&rsquo; expectation that Catholic hospitals must adhere to the directives or risk losing their Catholic identity and affiliation,&rdquo; Millea said.<\/p>\n<p>With transition &ldquo;medicine&rdquo; bringing in millions of dollars annually, hospitals and health systems will have to weigh that cost.<\/p>\n<p>Physician influence in hospitals and health systems has eroded over time and decisions in these facilities are increasingly made based on financial impact and profit over care, Millea said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A truly Catholic hospital will always prioritize the care for the patient and their welfare over the economic bottom line,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Consistent with Catholic Practice<\/h2>\n<p>The Catholic Health Association of the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chausa.org\/news-and-publications\/news-releases\/2025\/11\/12\/catholic-health-association-of-the-united-states-statement-on-the-united-states-conference-of-catholic-bishops%27-revisions-to-the-ethical-and-religious-directives-for-catholic-health-care-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">applauded<\/a> the newly approved guidance as a reaffirmation of Catholic teaching &ldquo;on the dignity of all persons,&rdquo; calling the new directives &ldquo;consistent with Catholic health care practice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In a time of new medical discoveries &hellip; what is new can either be an opportunity for genuine advancement in human culture, or it can lead to policies and actions that are contrary to the true dignity and vocation of the human person,&rdquo; the updated ERDs reads. Transgender medicine, with its increasingly evident and long-lasting negative, and oftentimes irreversible, effects contradicts that dignity.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Ashley Bateman is a policy writer for The Heartland Institute and blogger for Ascension Press. Her work has been featured in The Washington Times, The Daily Caller, The New York Post, The American Thinker and numerous other publications. She previously worked as an adjunct scholar for The Lexington Institute and as editor, writer and photographer for The Warner Weekly, a publication for the American military community in Bamberg, Germany.     Ashley is a board member at a Catholic homeschool cooperative in Virginia. She homeschools her four incredible children along with her brilliant engineer\/scientist husband.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Catholic bishops ban transgender surgeries, hormones in hospitals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":638,"featured_media":2513903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Borgess_Hospital-e1763758085438.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[15572,67030,42177,67031,56435],"class_list":["post-2513902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-bishops","tag-catholic-hospitals","tag-healthcare-policies","tag-religious-ethics","tag-trans-surgeries"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Borgess_Hospital-e1763758085438.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2513902"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2513906,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513902\/revisions\/2513906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2513903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2513902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2513902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2513902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}