Nov 29 Local News Hospital Merger Talks Continue, Ethics Among Issues To Be Resolved The University of Louisville is in talks to create a statewide medical network with Jewish Hospital and St. Mary's Healthcare and Catholic Health Initiatives. Groups such as Planned Parenthood have protested similar mergers between secular and religious institutions, saying Catholic doctrines can threaten contraceptive counseling, vasectomies, in vitro fertilization or other reproductive issues. By Gabe Bullard Nov 29 Local News Hospital Merger Talks Continue, Ethics Among Issues To Be Resolved Gabe Bullard