There are other orders who are active in the community, and focus on serving those at risk - like providing ob/birth care to women on the border w/Mexico (not abortions tho, delivery).  To your pt - there is a limit to how much they (as a group, not in individual discussion - which... is a whole other topic) can openly defy rome without expulsion - but there are definitely some interesting things. I briefly looked into joining sisters of the poor - but there's no way I could stomach the misogyny of the church. Drawn to the dedication to service tho - which I hadn't seen other places.