Regions Hospital to Close Abortion Facility?

I and others [pictured throughout this post] participated in the 40 Days for Life this past spring, and as a result there seems to be movement to close the abortion facility at Regions Hospital.

Here is a note from Brian Gibson, Pro-Life Action Ministries Director, cautioning us not to believe rumors or to allow the rumors to let down our efforts to save babies lives and protect women from the aftermath of abortion.

From Brian:

In the middle of this past Lenten 40 Days for Life we began to hear rumors from within HealthPartners' Regions Hospital that the abortion facility may be closing. The very thing that we have been praying and fasting for and working so long and hard for was now talk within the hospital.

I don't like rumors. They can be dangerous. The rumors that Regions is closing its abortion facility can lead to our belief that it indeed is closing. That simply is not verified. And by mistakenly believing that it is closing, we let down our efforts while unborn babies continue to be killed there.

We also have the lesson from the past. In 1988, Regions Hospital was Ramsey Hospital and run under the authority of Ramsey County. That hospital board voted to close the abortion facility. This was not a rumor, but a fact that was publically acknowledged. But the hospital board succumbed to pressure from the abortion movement, reversing its decision almost as quickly as it had made it in the first place.

So why am I telling you these rumors? There is a serious significance to them. For all the years that we have worked to get HealthPartners to close the abortion facility within Regions Hospital, never before has there been this type of talk. The statements that have been shared with us are from employees within the hospital. These statements have come from various departments and levels of employees. And the statements have not diminished over time, but have continued.

But we cannot allow these rumors to cause us to let up in our efforts. In fact, we need to let these rumors cause us to increase those efforts and, through prayer and action, attempt to bring these rumors to fruition.

This summer, please do three things to help us push hard to get Regions to close the abortion facility:

Take time to pray at Regions through the summer. Come once a week, come every other week, come every day, however often you can be there in witness and prayer. Let Brian Walker know you are going out by calling him at (651) 771-1500, ext. 211. (If you live too far away to come to Regions Hospital, do 2 and 3.) Signs and literature are available at our office which is near Regions.

Pray daily for the closing of this abortuary. Encourage others to pray as well. Pray in groups or at worship services.

Tell Regions Hospital officials to close the abortion facility. Call Regions at (651) 254-2191 and politely, but firmly, ask them to close the abortion facility. Write a note to Brock Nelson, Regions Hospital CEO, at 640 Jackson St., St. Paul, MN 55101. Handwritten notes have the greatest impact.

Help us follow through with our prayerful efforts and, by God's grace, close Regions Hospital's abortuary.