Mia Wong

And eventually those are costs you often can't bear.

So like that, that's the reality.

Yeah.

And the reality is unaccountable theocratic rule.

Yeah.

In areas where it's not supposed to be happening.

Exactly.

Well, and potentially any area.

You know, if you have a secular practice today, delivers you HRT, no issue.

it could get bought out by one of these networks tomorrow.

Yep.

Why the fuck do these religious institutions have the ability to influence, like, healthcare at all?

Yeah.

Right?

This is something you would think would be not a place where someone else's religion can suddenly... Yeah.

And not even, like, that person's religion.

It's like, the religious hierarchy of a church should not be able to dictate whether someone gets healthcare.

And yet...

Yeah, this goes well beyond the even supposed power in a secular society that religious institutions have.

Oh, they can make this pronouncement that applies to those who believe in that religion or that specific denomination or institution or whatever.