Americans United is urging the Governor of Kentucky to disallow a proposed merger between the University of Louisville's Medical Center and Catholic Healthcare Initiatives. The service done for the community by the publicly funded institution would be compromised, they argue, by taking on the religious mission.
ABP's Bob Allen reports:
“The medical care of Kentucky’s most vulnerable citizens should not be held hostage by religious dogma,” said Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United. “We call on Gov. Beshear to put a stop to this ill-conceived scheme.”
AU lawyers wrote Kentucky’s governor and attorney general saying the transaction would violate establishing clauses of both the U.S. and Kentucky constitutions.
With no-cost indigent care, the AU letter said, University Hospital is providing a government-funded public service that “should not be infused with or limited by religious considerations.”
You can read AU's letter here.
