Looks like the Catholic Church is going to continue their streak of fucking with heath care in the NW
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/proposed-virginia-mason-chi-franciscan-merger-increases-worry-about-catholic-limits-on-health-care-in-washington-state/

"If the Virginia Mason merger goes through, the only hospital in each of four cities in the state — Bellingham, Centralia, Walla Walla and Yakima — will be a Catholic hospital.

Seattle-based Virginia Mason said that, as part of the deal, it would work with CHI Franciscan to comply with the directives governing Catholic health care institutions."

"The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ethical and Religious Directives forbid services such as abortion, contraception, tubal ligation and physician aid in dying for terminally ill patients. Catholic providers differ over whether gender transition care is permitted, but Virginia Mason said its service offerings for LGBTQ patients would not change."