Dear Editor:
The community should applaud the decision of UW Hospital and Clinics, Meriter Hospital, and the UW Medical Foundation to offer safe second trimester abortion services at their Madison Surgery Center. Second trimester abortion, provided in Madison through the end of last year by a now retired physician, is critical to the health and safety of women in Madison and throughout south-central Wisconsin.
As the final vote by the UW Hospital and Clinic’s Authority Board approaches, anti-choice groups have come to Madison to protest the decision and to disseminate myths about the clinic’s proposal. Our community deserves the facts as we move forward with this critical decision.