A February 15 publication of the Catholic Health Association's Catholic World Health carried an
article from Sr. Carol Keehan expressing profound disappointment upon learning that the definition of a religious employer was not broadened to include her hospitals.
Unfortunately, we have learned that this letter was written prior to the announcement of President Obama's "accommodation." Apparently, the print version of the CHA publication "didn't get the memo" that Sr. Keehan had changed her mind and was now backing the mandate.
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