Toledo — Capital Care Network, Toledo’s only remaining abortion provider, has obtained a transfer agreement with ProMedica hospitals. The signed agreement satisfies the demands of the Kasich administration and will allow the clinic to continue to offer safe and legal abortion care for the people of Northwest Ohio.
NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Executive Director Kellie Copeland said: “For the past five years staff, volunteers and pro-choice activists in greater Toledo have done an outstanding job drawing attention to the importance of keeping safe, legal abortion care in their community. Thousands of people signed petitions, sent emails, made phone calls, knocked on doors, attended rallies and wrote to the Toledo Blade. Yesterday, activists, clergy, local elected officials and medical students rallied in the bitter cold. The consistent message throughout, was that we trust women to make their own medical decisions without political interference.”
Copeland continued, “To be clear, transfer agreements are medically-unnecessary. However, Governor Kasich has leveraged them to close abortion clinics across Ohio. Fortunately, ProMedica made a decision in keeping with their role as a leader in public health for Northwest Ohio to sign a transfer agreement with Capital Care Network.”
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