"The diagnosis Dr. N entered—possible pneumonia—provided justification, but it was not the reason she admitted him. She felt responsible for the patient’s future, so she made up a diagnosis to orchestrate an admission. Dr. N figured that immigration agents could not simply wait in the hallway. She hoped they would leave.

They did."

https://slate.com/technology/2026/01/ice-hospitals-ohio-law-medicine.html

#PublicHealth #hospitals #physicians #bioethics #morality #MoralInjury #immigrant #immigration #ICE #detention

"A new era of religious leadership in the U.S Catholic Church has dawned — driven by the immoral and destructive extremes of the Trump administration. ... No longer can Catholics within the administration's apparatus or supporters of it twist reality to accommodate policies clearly at odds with Catholic social teaching and the heart of the Christian Scriptures."

~ National Catholic Reporter

#Trump #Catholic #PopeLeo #morality #power
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https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/editorial/editorial-church-speaks-out-new-era-has-dawned