Abortion in Cincinnati

At a well-attended press conference, Greater Cincinnati attorneys Tom Condit, Brian Hurley, and James Urling; attorney and former Ohio State Representative Mike Gilb; and Rev. Arnold Culbreath, Urban Outreach Director, Protecting Black Life provided analysis and related issues of concern regarding Judge Jerome Metz’ stay of execution granted to the Lebanon Road Surgery Center (Women’s Med Center) abortion clinic in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The Women’s Med Center abortion facility has been operating outside the law for months, without a written transfer agreement or variance (legal exception) to cover patient emergencies.

Judge Metz’ stay protects the business interests of late term abortionist Martin Haskell by permitting the Women’s Med Center to remain open during the appeal of an Ohio Department of Health order to close, due to noncompliance with preventive patient health and safety policies required by all other ambulatory surgical facilities in the state.

Participating attorneys said that in this case judicial activism was protecting abortion and abortionists at every level of government, despite established law.

"Aside from the atrocities of abortion," said attorney Tom Condit. "All the abortion 'rights' have really come from a rogue decision. That’s not the rule of law in America... that’s Roe v. Wade."

Rev. Culbreath explained what he sees as the abortion industry’s targeting of minority women and their unborn babies, including statistics in Hamilton County, home of the Women’s Med Center and Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio.

"According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention," he said. "In 2008 there were 289,072 black deaths from all causes excluding surgical abortions, and in that same year of 2008 surgical abortions claimed the lives of 360,000 black babies."

Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Judge Jerome "Jerry" Metz has approved a motion for a stay of execution for the Lebanon Road Surgery Center (Women’s Med Center) abortion facility in Cincinnati.

With the stay approved, the Women’s Med Center will remain open during its appeal of an Ohio Department of Health order denying its license.

The Women’s Med Center has been operating outside the law for months, without a written transfer agreement or variance (exception) to cover patient emergencies.

Tuesday, January 28th, the Women’s Med Center filed a notice of appeal in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas against the Ohio Department of Health’s order to revoke and not renew this ambulatory surgical facility’s license for failing to have a written transfer agreement with a local hospital.

Wednesday, January 29th, the Women’s Med Center filed a motion for a stay of execution, to remain open during the appeal process.

Thursday, January 30th, abortionist Martin Haskell submitted an affidavit listing his reasons for a stay. In it he openly admits to aborting children late term, including the disabled, and training others to do so.

“Every day the Women’s Med Center is open means more little ones will not see the light of day, and more women are targeted by the abortion industry,” said Paula Westwood, Executive Director, Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati. “This abortion facility has not met established health and safety requirements far too long, and its closure is more than justified.”