This Catholic couldn't agree more.
An hysterectomy is a sterilizing procedure, but not immoral if medically necessary.
Likewise, performing an abortion on an already-deceased-from-natural-causes unborn child is also sometimes medically necessary.
Perhaps these were abortions of live children or perhaps they are running a vasectomy factory - but the data needs to be analyzed properly.
They just had a case in West Virginia (I believe) where Catholic Charities sent a 16 yr old Guatemalan girl off for an abortion. The bishops have, of course, “issued a statement.” But no heads have rolled, to my knowledge.
Catholic Charities is a left-wing group that pays no attention to Catholic teaching. Many of the hospital boards and management are the same way, and because they receive federal money for abortion and sterilization, it’s fine with them.
Nothing’s going to happen until the bishops fire people, if those people are under their command, or sever ties with the institutions if they wont punish these employees and change their policies.
The Catholic hospitals are too addicted to government transfer payments to stop this.
“9,684 cases of sterilizations “... more details are needed.
Hysterectomy is the second most common surgery for women in the US and I’ve never heard that it is ever done for reasons other than medical necessity (add overectomy to that as well). Are they listing ovo/hysterectomies with sterilizations?