Toledo Bishop Stands for Life Against Abortion Activists

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TOLEDO, Ohio (ChurchMilitant.com) - Bishop Daniel Thomas of Toledo is offering a pro-life defense against a patient-transfer agreement between a hospital and the city's only abortion mill.

The bishop responded in a commentary to Ohio-based ProMedica's Board of Trustees' decision in February to sign an agreement to keep Toledo's surgical abortion clinic, Capital Care Network, open, saying it "defies logic."

"The hospital states that entering into this agreement aligns with their mission and values in the belief that 'no one is beyond the reach of life-saving health care,'" Thomas said. "But in fact, because their partnering with the abortion clinic facilitates the denial of 'life-saving health care' for the most vulnerable, unborn babies, their very decision defies logic."

It's logical for people of good will, no matter their religion, to expect that anyone, in particular a pregnant mother experiencing a medical emergency, should be able to receive lifesaving treatment at a hospital. It is not logical for people, no matter their religion, to expect or insist that in order to provide care for a woman in a health crisis, a respected hospital should partner with a clinic whose aim is life destroying 'treatment.'

In 2016, 898 of the 1,144 abortions in Toledo's Lucas County were surgical. However, the number of abortion mills in Ohio dropped from 16 to eight in the last few years.

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