Thy Will Be Done

April, 1998

She is a 19-year-old single welfare mother, struggling to finish community college. She had been getting free birth control shots at Leonard Hospital, in her hometown of Troy, New York. But recently, Leonard merged with St. Mary's Hospital and became part of the Catholic-run Seton Health System. When she showed up for her Depo-Provera she was told, ''We don't do that here anymore.''In rural California, a rape victim made her way to her community hospital's emergency room. That hospital also chan...