Pro-life rally against stealth U. of Wisconsin abortion planhttp://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=4815 ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND MEDIA ADVISORY ADF attorney available to media after rally against stealth Wis. abortion plan Pro-life rally at Univ. of Wisconsin urges officials to abandon controversial plan to perform second-trimester abortions MADISON, Wis. — Alliance Defense Fund Legal Counsel Matt Bowman will be available for media interviews after speaking at a rally at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Saturday. The rally is being formed to protest a University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics plan to perform second-trimester abortions at a jointly operated facility. “Christians and other pro-life medical students and staff should not be forced to lay aside their beliefs at any publicly funded institution,” said Bowman. “Pro-life employees should not be coerced to violate their conscience by participating in the killing of preborn, developed babies. Because the university’s plan is morally and legally flawed, it should be abandoned immediately.” Under the plan, unwilling employees would likely be compelled to aid or participate in dismembering preborn babies, which would violate their religious conscience rights and may constitute an unlawful state funding of abortion. The rally comes just weeks after ADF attorneys sent a letter to the UWHC president and CEO, urging her to abandon the plan, which would create a full-service second-trimester abortion practice at the Madison Surgery Center. The center is a joint venture of UWHC, UW Medical Foundation, and Meriter Hospital (www.telladf.org/news/story.aspx?cid=4783). University of Wisconsin medical residents would likely be expected to train and take part in the killing of the second-trimester babies. In recent years, UWHC researchers have experimented on almost fully-formed body parts obtained from second-trimester abortions performed nearby, and now all of those abortions would be performed in UWHC’s joint venture. The plan would also include the abortion of disabled babies that already occurs at Meriter Hospital. Organizations sponsoring the pro-life rally and march are Vigil for Life, Pro-Life Wisconsin, Wisconsin Family Council, Wisconsin Right to Life, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison. A copy of a flier for the event is available at www.telladf.org/UserDocs/UWProLifeRallyFlier.pdf. ADF is a legal alliance of Christian attorneys and like-minded organizations defending the right of people to freely live out their faith. Launched in 1994, ADF employs a unique combination of strategy, training, funding, and litigation to protect and preserve religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family.
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