Bishops pass new health care directives on gender issues

The new directives rule out interventions which aim "to alter the fundamental order of the human body in its form or function.”

The bishops of the United States voted Wednesday to approve amendments to the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs) to explicitly rule out the practice of surgical or hormonal procedures and other medical interventions which “alter the fundamental order of the human body in form or function.”

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