Protect Our Rights - Ad from 2024-10-24
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Paid for by Protect Our Rights, 2240 Calvert Street, Lincoln, NE 68502 An Open Letter from Nearly 600 Nebraska Health Care Professionals: This November, End the Current Abortion Ban by Voting Against 434 and For 439 For more than a year, Nebraskans have lived under an abortion ban that has harmed patient health and forced Nebraskans to cross state lines for needed care. On Election Day – Tuesday, November 5th – Nebraska voters will decide whether we keep or end that ban. As licensed healthcare professionals who live and work in Nebraska, we ask you to vote AGAINST Initiative 434 and FOR Initiative 439. Doing so will end the current ban and ensure that families – not the government – have control over their own medical decisions. We would all instead focus on caring for our patients instead of weighing in on public policy. However, we can no longer sit idly by while some politicians, institutions, and colleagues associated with Initiative 434 flood our TVs, communities, and social media feeds with complete lies. The unfortunate reality is that Nebraska state senators disregarded warnings from constituents, local healthcare professionals, and trusted medical associations when they forced the current ban into law. The current ban outlaws abortion care before many threats to maternal health can be diagnosed and includes no exception for care in circumstances involving fatal congenital disorders. Over the last year, some of us have witnessed the ban’s direct consequences on the Nebraskans we serve, such as bleeding complications, infections, or delays in care, to name a few. Nebraska’s rural areas have transformed into healthcare deserts. All of us have watched with fear as people in nearby states suffer under total and near-total bans, knowing that Nebraska may be next unless we come together and vote against Initiative 434 and for Initiative 439 this fall. To be clear, Initiative 434 asks you to vote in support of the current abortion ban and protect the status quo. Initiative 434 will make the current ban permanent. As physicians, it ties our hands by continuing to deny Nebraskans access to care in many circumstances, including cases when a pregnancy will not reach term or when the mother’s health is in danger. It leaves the door open for more government interference and restrictions on reproductive care, putting in vitro fertilization (IVF) at risk and banning abortion entirely, which Gov. Pillen has promised to do. Voting against Initiative 434 and for Initiative 439 will end the current ban and give power back where it belongs – to patients, not politicians. Initiative 439 will safeguard access to abortion care until fetal viability and in circumstances in which a mother’s life or health is at risk. This approach allows medical professionals to utilize their expertise and provide compassionate, standard-of-care medicine based on a patient’s unique circumstances rather than having their hands tied by abortion bans that do not account for real-world situations. Regardless of our political beliefs or backgrounds, we can all agree that health, not politics, should guide deeply personal and important medical decisions related to pregnancy and abortion. A vote for Initiative 439 will establish a state right to this essential health care. Nebraskans can restore reproductive rights to where they were for many decades under Roe v. Wade and put these decisions back where they belong: with patients and their trusted medical providers. While most of us prefer staying out of the political fray, we have added our names to this letter because we feel this issue is crucial for the future of healthcare in our state. We believe it is our responsibility to protect our current and future patients and to inform Nebraskans about the importance of their vote this November. Simply put, Nebraskans’ health and well-being depend on the outcome of this election. Initiative 434 is the first initiative on your ballot. Initiative 439 is the last question on your ballot. We hope you will join us in voting against Initiative 434 and for Initiative 439. Aaron Schwab, Medical Student Corey Zetterman, MD Jeremy Alan Vitamvas, PA-C Abbie Vollers, RN Cori Kerr, APRN-NNP Jeremy K. Gallant, MD Abigail A. Delaney, MD Corie Barnard, APRN Jessalynn Faber, BSN, RN Abigail Drucker, MD Corrigan McBride, MD Jesse Barondeau, MD Adam Macdissi, MD Courtney Anderson, LCSW Jesse Kirkpatrick, APRN Adam Sutton, MD, MBA Courtney Jackson, APRN Jessica Bracken MD Aimee Probasco, DO Courtney McLean, MD, MS Jessica Fitzgerald, DNP, RN, CCRN Alan Fulton, RN Courtney Norton, RN Jessica Gering, APRN Alex DeVries, APRN Courtney Thomas, RN Jessica Hack, Medical Student Alex T Dworak, MD Craig R Baumgart, MD Jessica Heckman, MD Alexa Dinneen, MHDS, RT(R), RDMS Dakota Cook, DNP, APRN-FNP Jessica McGhee, RN, BSN Alexa Lewis, MSN, RN Dalton Nelsen, MD Jessica Prusa Flores, MD Alexa Narro-Garcia, M.D. Dana Marsh, MD Jessica Reagan, RN Alexandra Burt, MD Dana Raml, MD Jessica Schulz, RN Alexandra Hergenrader, MD Dana Stubbs, DC Jessica Scott, RN Alexandra Regan, MD Daniel Smith, MD Jill Beck, MD Alexandra Stoltenberg, BSN, RN Daniela Cortes Reyes, MD Jill Faraci, MD Alexandria Boyle, Certified Pharmacy Techni- Danielle Hicks, APRN-NP Jill Johnson, LIMHP, LADC, LPC cian Danielle Lane, RDMS Jill Puetz, MD Alexis Hobelman, Medical Student Danielle Lubrant, RN Jill Zabih, MD Alison Laflan, MD Darla Eisenhauer, MD Jillian Negri, DNP, APRN-NP, ACNP Allison Phillips, MD David Crockett, MD Jodanne Hedrick, DO Alyssa Fischer, CNM David Greiner, MD Jodi Cantrell, MD Alyssa Lawrence, Medical Student David Newton, MD Jodi Rinne, MSN, BSN Alyssa Rutan, MD Deann Paulson, MD Jodi Triggs, DO Alyssa Salamanca Ghajarieh, Medical Student Deanna Hutchins, MD John Ippolito, MD Alyssa Wells, Medical Student Deborah Perry, MD Jonathan Henning, MD Amanda Blomenkamp, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM Denise Hendrickson, RN, BSN Jonell Tempero, PA-C Amanda Buskevicius, MD Desiree Dunn-Harris, MA Joseph Auxier, DO Amanda Katz, MA Donald Gibbens, MD Joseph David, Medical Student Amanda Petersmith, APRN-NP Douglas D Ebers, MD Joseph Dougherty, MD Amber Hamilton, RN Elinor Hamm, RN Joseph S. Miller, MD FAAFP Amber M Tyler, MD Elise Croson, RN Josh Edgar, MD Amber Retzlaff, RN, BSN Elizabeth Amato-Hanner, Medical Student Joshua D Dahlke, MD Amie Hollard, MD Elizabeth Bronson, APRN-NP Joshua Hite, PharmD, BCPPS Amy Bierbaum CRNA Elizabeth Constance, MD Joy Tindell, APRN Amy Collingham, APRN Elizabeth Francis, APRN Joycelyn Vazquez, PA Student Amy Garwood, MD Elizabeth Friesen, MD Judith Scott, DO Amy K Arndt, DNP, APRN Elizabeth Henning, Pharm.D. Judith Scott, DO Amy Lindgren, Paramedic Elizabeth Johnson, DDS Judy Byrns, Ph.D. Amy Perkins, MS, TS(ABB), Laboratory Elizabeth McIlree, APRN Julianne Eckert, PA-S, MPAS Manager Elizabeth Noordhoek, MD Julie Filips, MD Amy Wise, RRT Elizabeth Weedin, DO Jyoti Mahapatra, MD Andrea Jones, MD Ella Turley, Medical Student Kaitlin Hehnke, MD MS Andrea Leishman-Barb, DO Elyssa Kay, RN, BSN Kaitlyn Leaman, PA-C Andrea Oltman, RDMS, MHA Emili Schulz, RN Kalia Triplett, RN Andrew W. Robertson, MD Emily Dietle, MD Kamilla Brezina, RN, BSN Angela Salazar, APRN Emily Doe, MD Kara Boyko Frandson, PharmD Angie Cook, PA-C Emily Egley, DDS Kara Dostal, CRNA Ann Anderson Berry, MD Emily Glaser, DNP, CRNA Kara Markin, MD Ann M Bode, APRN Emily Hanigan, PA-C Karen Anderson, RN Ann Sullivan, MD Emily Hunt, MD Karen Bagniewski, APRN Annamaria Nagy, MD Emily Mahon, PA-C Kari A Krenzer, MD Anne Marie Backer, Medical Student Emily Patel, MD Kari Kersch, RNC, BSN Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH Emma Bassette, MD Karin Trujillo, MD Anne Perlman, MD Emma Buddenhagen, Medical Student Karissa Fuhrman, RN Anne Tickle, BSN, RN Erica Carlsson, MD Karylin Sullivan, RN Annie Nyffeler, DO Erica Irwin, LIMHP, CMSW Kate Huhmann, DNP, APRN-NP Anu Tunuguntla, MD Erica Parish, APRN Katelyn Wingate, RN April Kelley, BSN, RN, C-EFM Erin Brummett, APRN Katherine Chisholm, MSN, RN April Nelson, APRN, CNM Erin Kamp, APRN Katherine Lessman, MD Araceli Covarrubias, RDMS, RT(R) Erin Peters, BSN, RN Katherine Linehan, APRN Arica Hauger, DNP, APRN Erin Talaska, MD Katherine Willet, MD Arica Lerdahl, PA-C Fatima Osman, APRN, PMHNP Kathleen Scott, DNP, CNM, FACNM Ashley Greenwood, MD Faviola Meza, RN Kathleen Yao, DNP, APRN Ashley Jablonski, BSN, RN Gale M Etherton, MD Kathryn Borman, DO, MPH Ashley O’Donnell, CNM Grace Binter, DO Kathryn Hutchins, MD Ashtyn Nelson, MD Grant Hutchins, MD Kathryn Rosenberger, MD Asit Goswami, MD Gretchen Hauser, MSN, RN Kathy Schall, MD Aubrey Malone, MSN, RN, C-EFM, SANE-A Haley Sanborn, RN Katie Ann-Weatherl Fossen, MD Bailey Birt, RN Hannah Cochran, MPH student Katie Garcia, DDS Barbara J Gutshall, MD, FACP Hannah Lutjens, RN Katie Holling, RN Becca Milroy, RN Hannah Sneller, MD Katie M Wilkins BSN, RN Bernice Beam, RN, BSN Hayley Hilker, RN, BSN Katie Rauscher, RN Beth Totten, RN Heather Kleeman, DO Katrina Cordts, PhD Bradette Varilek, MD Heather M. Said, DO Kay Lynn Anderson, MD Brady Kerr, MD Heather Potthoff, OTR/L Kaycee Jensen, BSN, RN, CCM Brenda Weidner, MD Helen F. Grace, DO Kayla Brickell, RN Bret Elliott, MD Helen Grace, DO Keli Kolegraff, MD, PhD Brett Van Briggle, MD Helen Jackson Bleicher, LMHP LIMHP Kelli Peterson, MD Bri Knipp, Medical Student Hemant Satpathy, MD Kelli Poplau, PA-C Brian Bristol, DO Isabel Barajas, RN Kelli Terpolilli, RN, BSN, CCRN Brian Delaney, MD J Elizabeth Schoemaker, MD Kelsey Klute, MD Brian Hollis, MD Jackie Kelly, RN Kelsie Nygren, RNC-OB Brian Karre, MD Jackson Hunt, MD Kerry Mancuso, APRN-NP Brianne Kling, MD Jackson Lamb PA-C Kevin Mugno, PA-C Broc Fuhrman, CST/CSFA Jacqueline Peck, MD Kiley Hall, RN Bruce Goldberg, PharmD Jaime Seeman, MD Kim Coleman, MD Caitlin Foxley, MD, FHM, FACP James W Miller, MD Kim Jenne, RNC Candice Fryda, APRN Jamie Haferbier Gustafson, MD Kimberly K Chacon, CRNA Candice Johnson, RN Jamie Haferbier Gustafson, MD Kirsten Hepburn, BA, BSN, RN Cara Dull, RN Jamie Vitamvas, MD Korie Cochran, PT Carey Ertz, DO Jana Binkley, MD Krista Hummel, APRN, WHNP-BC Carey Sliva, RN Janae Dudgeon MD Kristen Fishler, CGC Carol Bush, CRNA Jasmine Scripp, MD, MPH Kristi Dragoo-Moon, RN Caroline G Sedlacek, PhD Jason T. Helvey, MD Kristi NewMyer, MD Carrie Nixon, PharmD Jaycee Housh, MD Kristin Maine, RN, BSN Cassandra Kay Soles, BSN, RN Jaycie Gaspard, DNP-S, BSN, RN Kristin Rohde, CRNA Catherine Magdaleno, APRN Jayne Nelson, DNP, APRN-NP, FNP-C, CWCN- Kristin Schaffert, RN, BSN Chaeli Fortina, APRN-NP AP Kristina Heimann, LPN Chelsea Navarrette, MD Jean Thomsen, MD Kristine Severe, LIMHP, LICSW Chelsie Mattern, BSN, RN Jeffrey Salomon, MD Krystina Kalland, MD Cheryl Townsend, RN Jelena Kinney, BSN, RN Kylee Stanley, MD Cheyenne Cordova, APRN student Jenna Allison, MD Kylie Roe, PAC Christie Barnes, MD Jenna Van Pelt, MD Lacy White, EMT Christie Barnes, MD Jennifer Carter, DDS LaDonna K Hart, APRN-NP, DNP Christina White, RN Jennifer Czyz, APRN Lance J. Kugler, MD Christine Broghammer, RNC, BSN Jennifer D Stone, MD Laura Albee, MD Christine Clerc, MPAS, PA-C Jennifer Griffin Miller, MD Laura Cudzilo, MD Christine Tran APRN Jennifer Harney, MD Laura Ebers, Medical Student Christopher Gartin, MD Jennifer Hill, MD Laura Fuller, MPAS, PA-C, CAQ-Psych Christopher Pineda, RN Jennifer Jessen, EdD, RN, CNOR, FNAP Laura Kyriss, CNM Claire Baker, MD Jennifer Kay, MD Laura Smith, DNP, APRN-NP Claire Nissen, MPH, Medical Student Jennifer Mather, RN Laura Tanbouza, PA-C Claudia Moore, MD Jennifer Parker, MD Laura Tenner, MD Cleone Warren, RN Jennifer Schwartz, RN Laura Wilwerding, MD Colleen Hobbs, DNP RN Jennifer Winter, MD Lauren Anderson, MD Perri Zach, CRNA Lauren Brauer, PA-C Peter Anaradian, MD Lauren Glasner, DO Peter Morris, MD Lauren Kreuzberg, PAC Priscilla Shannon, RN Lauren Kroeker, RN Quinlan Couch, Medical Student Lauren Maskin, MD Rachael Rosas, LVT Lauren Shoemaker, MD Rachael Schmidt, APRN Lauren Timm, MD Rachel Anderson, DO Lauren Wirt, BSN, RN Rachel Blake, MD Lauren Ziegenbein, JD, Medical Student Rachel Brock, MD Lawrence Feng, MD Rachel Matthes, Medical Student Leigh Samuel, PharmD Rachel Swim, MD Lesley Kerner-Slaymaker, Pharm-D Rachel Weber, Medical Student Leslie Bonnet, CRNA Leslie Collins, RN, BSN, OCN Rachelle Archer, RN Lexie Ann Johnson, BSN, RN Rachelle Kaspar-Cope, MD Libby Crockett, MD, MPH Radu F Neamu, MD Lilia White, RMA Raeann Anderson, PhD Lilli Mauer, MD Rebecca Anderson, MD Linda Collins, MD Rebecca Aron, MD Lindsay Borsh, RN Rebecca Christensen, MSN, RN, CCRN-K Lindsay Seidel, PharmD Rebecca DeVries, DO Lindsey A. McAlarnen, MD Rebecca Drakowski, Medical Student Lindsey Shook, RN Rebecca Hadenfeldt, RN Lisa Hill, APRN Rebecca Harstad, CST Lisa Poole, MD Rebecca Jacobi, MD Lisa Wieker, RN, BSN Rebecca Kauk, RN,BSN Logan Schroeder, DO, MPH Rebecca Lerdahl, BSN Lori A. Harkins, MD Rebecca Williams, Medical Student Lydia Kang, MD Renee Fye, RN Lyndsie Grams, CRNA Robert Devin, MD Lynette Exum, MD Roma Vora, MD Lynn Marcus, MA, LIMHP, CPC, NBCC Rosemary J Esseks, PhD Mackenzie Denich, APRN-NP Rugmini Warrier, MD MacKenzie Knight, RN Russell Francis, FNP, APRN Madeline Bruck, MD Ryan McKillip, RN, BSN Madeline Luebe, Medical Student Ryan Mullane, DO Madison Burgard, MD Sabrina Stratman, RN Maggie Kuhlmann, MD Sachit Patel, MD Maggie Kuhlmann, MD Sandra Lloyd, PAC Mallory Barry, MD Sara Klein, APRN Mallory Stone, PT Student Sara Nixon, RN Marilyn Lowe, CNM Sarah Elyse Pickett, DO Marisa Wieseler, APRN Sarah Jaksich, MPH Student Mark D’Agostino, MD Sarah Konigsberg, MD Mark Hutchins, MD Sarah Pribil Pardun, PhD student Mark Kusek, MD Sarah Shipp, Medical Student Marnie Dellutri, PA-C Sarah Uhm, MPH, Medical Student Mary Ann Curtis, MD Shani Schroeder, RN Mary Churchill, APRN Shannon Godsil, MD Mary Fran Flood, MSW, PhD Shannon Heble, RNC BSN Mary W Kinyoun, MD Sharon Hammer, MD Mary Watson, APRN Sharon Hammer, MD Mary Wells, MD Sharon Lee, APRN Matt Bogard, MD Shaun Thompson, MD Matt Brady, MD Shauna Workman, RN, BSN Matthew Dorwart, MD Sherrill Murphy, BSN, MD Matthew Gibson, MD Shiela A. Kaup, RNC Maureen Boyle, MD Shonda Knop, MSN, RN MD Sonya Tran, MD Megan Chacon, MD Stacie R Bleacher, MD Megan Falke, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC Stacy Brewer, MOT, OTR/L, CLT Megan Kalata, MD/MPH Stefany Gilman, LPN Megan M Rogers, APRN Stephanie Gawel, DO Megan Prickett, MD Stephanie Gustin, MD Megan Rogers, APRN-WHBC Stephanie Randall, MD Meghan Oakes, MD Stephanie Tucker CMA Melanie Bussey, APRN Stephen R. Russell, MD Melanie Menning MD, MPH Steven Shannon, MD Melissa Acquazzino, MD Sumit Mukherjee, MD, MPH, MS Melissa Frederick, RN, SRNA Susan J. Caniglia, APRN Melissa Gerard, MPT Susan L. Fellman, MD Melissa Howey, APRN Susan MacQuiddy, MD Melissa Jantzen, PT Susan Marada, RN Melissa Mathes, MD Susan Ohnoutka, MD Melissa Selk, RN Susanne Simms, RN, BSN Melissa Teply, MD Sydnee Michelle Woznick, RN, CNM Student Michael Grace, MD Sydney Bernhard, PharmD student Michael J. Schwabe, MD Sydney Powers, MD Michael K Zlomke, MD Sydney Randall, MD Michaela Howell, APRN-NP, DNP Sydni Calabro, MA Michelle J Edgecombe, RN, BSN, CPN Tamara Steenson, RN Michelle Kompare, MD Tammara Christensen, RN Mikail Kraft, DO Miriah Jansonius, APRN-WH-InPt OB, C-EFM Tamra Schaecher, RN,BSN Tana Perry, MD Miriam Perez Diaz BSN, RN, C-EFM Tara Barnes, MSN, RN Misty Janssen, MD Tara Erickson, PA Student Molly Elston, MSN, MSGH, APRN, FNP-C Tasha Bang, RNC Monica Jackson, APRN-NP Taylor Kolarick, CMA, Nursing Student Morgan Steffen, DO Taylor Vogel-Bladt, DO Morgan Zabel, MD Teresa Conway, RDMS Nadia Abraham Gove, MD, MBA Teresa G Berg, MD Nancy Esch, MPH, RN, IBCLC, CIC Teresa Minarich, RN Natalie Bartman, PT, DPT Teresa Stowe, APRN Natalie Fleming, MD Theresa Brich, Pharm-D Natalie Khuu, PA-C Thomas Dollison, CRNA Natalie Lynch, DO Tifany Somer-Shely, MD Natalie Nevels, RN Tiffany Tanner, MD Natasha Sosa, RN, DNP-S Tiffany Vasa, APRN Nathalia Soethout, RN Tina Scott-Mordhorst, MD Neil Hamill, MD Todd Pankratz, MD Nicholas Robinson, BSN, RN Torri Janecek, DO Nichole Bliven, RDMS Tova Shaffer, RN, BSN Nicholle Bruhn, APRN, CPNP-PC, IBCLC, Tracy Mak, MD SANE Tricia Schmit, MD Nick Markin, MD Tristen Zimmerman, MD Nicole Ascanio, MD Victoria M Maclin, MD Nicole Knight, BSN, RN Wendy Miller, RN Nicole Shonka, MD Whitney Bossert, MD Nicolle Barmettler, MD William Hay, MD Nicolle M Mahoney, MD William Johnson, MD Nikki Hanson, RN William Kuyper, MD Nour Elrokhsi, Medical Student William Paul Swisher, MD Olivia Taylor, Medical Student Yungpo Su, MD Paige Charleston, MD Zachary Gustin, MD Pamela Schaffart, CNM Zander Wells, MPH Student Patricia Bohart, MD Zoe Keese, Medical Student Peggy Schneider, PA-C