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Morgan Casey is a 2023 graduate of Arizona State University’s master’s in investigative journalism. She worked as editor-in-chief of her undergraduate newspaper, The Retriever, and as an editorial intern at the UMBC Magazine.
Hospitals have been cutting maternity services and closing doors across the country for decades, creating health care deserts. The family-planning policies in Catholic hospitals exacerbate service gaps.
Mergers between Catholic and secular health systems are limiting access to reproductive health care – even in states considered abortion safe havens.