Today, the extremist anti-abortion group Operation Rescue has launched a petition in order to keep Dr. Carhart from performing abortions in Wichita, Kansas. Operation Rescue has claimed that in order for Carhart to be able to perform abortions in Wichita, "he must have an arrangement for treatment of emergency cases with a local hospital". They are now urging Wesley Medical Center to refuse to make any arrangements with Dr. Carhart, so that he is unable to perform abortions in that area.
For a while, I was just stumped and angry about this. BUT I had the idea of contacting Wesley Medical Center myself and urging them to accept Dr. Carhart if he does decide on providing abortions in Kansas.
You can contact Wesley Medical Center here to ask them to ignore Operation Rescue and to support Dr. Carhart.
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Thanks for the heads up! I just submitted the following:
I recently heard that the group Operation Rescue is attempting to prevent women from having access to a full range of medical services by trying to prevent Dr. Leroy Carhart from having a connection with your hospital to provide emergency services to his patients.
Dr. Carhart performs safe abortions for women who need them for legal reasons. I urge you not to cave to Operation Rescue's political pressure to prevent women from seeking legal, safe medical services from Dr. Carhart.
After the brutal murder of Dr. Tiller, women (and men) all over the world are watching Kansas to see whether the health community can respond to women's needs.
I look forward to your response.
Best regards,
(My name)