ACLU Opposes Sale of Exempla hospitals to Catholic organization

  • Latest Update: Dec 3, 2007
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Summary

The ACLU of Colorado joined with women's rights groups, patient advocates, health care providers, and concerned non-profit organizations in opposing the sale of Exempla Health Care — which owns Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette and Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge — to the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health Systems.

Media:

"Coalition opposes Exempla deal," Denver Business Journal, December 3, 2007

Partner Organizations:
Colorado Center on Law & Policy, Colorado Chapter of Compassion & Choices, National Council of Jewish Women Colorado Section, The Colorado Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, The Freedom Fund, The MergerWatch Project, National Women's Law Center

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