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PROTECT THE AVAILABILITY OF CRITICAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN OAK PARK AND AUSTIN Take Action Today! PROTECT THE AVAILABILITY OF CRITICAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN OAK PARK AND AUSTIN OPPOSE WEST SUBURBAN HOSPITAL’S PLANNED MERGER WITH RESURRECTION HEALTH CARE! Please Pass this Message Along to Your Friends in Oak Park and Chicago’s West Side! September 23, 2003 The Board of Directors for Oak Park’s West Suburban Hospital has signed a letter of intent to merge with Resurrection Health Care. Other hospitals operated by Resurrection follow all directives from the Catholic Church, limiting availability to critical reproductive and health care services. Make your voice heard on this critical issue! A West Suburban Hospital operated by Resurrection Health Care may be: 1. Banned from distributing, or even discussing, the use of condoms or contraceptives as a means of preventing pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, or sexually transmitted diseases; 2. Barred from providing survivors of sexual assault access to emergency contraception as a means of protecting against pregnancy as a result of a violent, sexual assault; and, 3. Prohibited from performing tubal ligations and inferfitility treatments (including in vitro fertilization).
You can make your voice heard! Contact the hospital and oppose the merger between West Suburban and Resurrection Health Care. Donald Offerman, Chairman of the Board
Further Info --A grassroots coalition of physicians, health care workers, community leaders and concerned citizens has been formed in your community to raise awareness and oppose the merger between West Suburban Hospital and Resurrection Health Care. If you would like more information about the coalition and additional detail about the merger plans, please go to http://www.mergerwatch.org/hospitals/Chicago.html Thank you – |
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