21.   In Massachusetts, some Catholic hospitals are affiliated with religious orders.

22.   In earlier acquisitions of Catholic hospitals in El Paso, Fort Worth and Miami Beach, he said, he had made no such agreements.

23.   It adds tubal ligations and other sterilization techniques to the list of condemned activities, such as abortion and euthanasia, in Catholic hospitals.

24.   It was during a strike of Catholic hospital workers.

25.   Now, his Columbia-HCA Healthcare Corp. has its eye on some Catholic hospitals in Chicago.

26.   Of particular concern to some advocates is the impact of Catholic hospital expansion on the access to reproductive health services of low-income women on Medicaid.

27.   Provisions for such services are an economic necessity for many Catholic hospitals.

28.   Still, Collins is discussing looser forms of alliance with secular hospitals, a recognition that Catholic hospitals are not big enough to make it on their own.

29.   Some union insurance plans for workers at Catholic hospitals include contraceptive coverage.

30.   The archdiocese does not provide free education in Catholic schools, nor do Catholic hospitals service the sick at no cost, Prince said.