![]() “We’re not stopping cars or walking up to people. “Our intent is to help make the public aware that this is being considered, and we’re doing that silently,” Joost said. He described it as an awareness campaign, not a protest. ![]() to catch employees changing shifts, according to coordinator Lyndon Joost, of Swansea. Some states that ban abortion make exceptions when the life of the mother is in danger or in cases of rape, incest or lethal fetal anomalies.Ībout 30 abortion opponents, four at a time, are distributing flyers at Memorial entrances in Shiloh from 6:15 to 7:45 a.m. Many abortion-rights advocates argue that it’s cruel to force parents to continue pregnancies under these circumstances. Lethal fetal anomalies are conditions expected to result in death soon after an infant is born or in the womb. An abortion ban went into effect in Missouri in June.įetal anomalies are conditions expected to result in birth defects. The doctor said scheduled abortions would be performed by Washington University physicians who formerly performed them at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Memorial’s bylaws already allow abortions in cases of “lethal fetal anomaly,” but the hospital doesn’t perform them on an elective basis, only in cases of medical emergency, according to a Birthing Center doctor who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. As always, our primary focus continues to be the health and safety (of) our patients.” Change in practice, if not policy “Any information to the contrary is inaccurate. “No changes have been made to Memorial’s reproductive health practices,” BJC spokeswoman Laura High wrote in an email on March 7. Louis-based system that has owned Memorial locations in Belleville and Shiloh since 2018, declined to confirm or deny that they were making plans to start offering abortions in Shiloh. In February, spokesmen for the hospital and BJC HealthCare, the St. McManus didn’t reply to BND requests for an interview. Laminaria is a material used to dilate the cervix for abortion. 6 staff meeting on the topic of “terminations for fetal anomalies,” and a revised medical-charting template that includes “termination” and “laminaria’‘ as offered services. The BND also reviewed a Memorial email thread announcing a Feb. “… And making money off of these kinds of decisions goes all the more against our conscience.” ![]() “Since we are not God (and) we are dealing with human life and mothers who are in a very vulnerable position, we do not feel right about unnecessarily foisting this decision upon our patients,” the letter stated. ![]() The letter called the issue “divisive and sensitive” and stated that allowing elective abortions to be performed in the labor and delivery unit would hurt morale that already is suffering due to understaffing, fatigue, burnout and loss of trust with management. ![]() Twenty-eight out of 75 nurses and operating-room technicians in the hospital’s Family Care Birthing Center sent a letter of protest on March 2 to hospital President Michael McManus that the BND reviewed. Abortion opponents have been carrying signs and distributing flyers outside Memorial Hospital in Shiloh for the past month, maintaining that the hospital is making plans to start offering abortions to women carrying fetuses with “anomalies.” ![]()
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