{"id":274004,"date":"2022-08-12T14:42:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T19:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=274004"},"modified":"2022-08-11T16:41:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T21:41:13","slug":"lawmakers-university-louisville-taxpayer-funds-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/lawmakers-university-louisville-taxpayer-funds-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers concerned that University of Louisville taxpayer funds may support abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two University of Louisville medical professors have paused their work at Kentucky\u2019s only full-time abortion facility, EMW Women\u2019s Surgical Center, after Kentucky lawmakers raised concerns that university funds are being used for abortion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During a July 7 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.legislature.ky.gov\/minutes\/judiciar\/220707OK.PDF\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meeting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the state\u2019s Interim Judiciary Committee, legislators questioned U of L representatives about the university\u2019s relationship with EMW. Under an agreement that has been in place since March 2016, EMW contributes funding toward resident training in abortion procedures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf university funds are used for abortion,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlky.com\/article\/gop-lawmakers-grill-uofl-official-ties-abortion-provider\/40548606\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Rep. Jason Nemes, R-Louisville, \u201cthe taxpayers ought to know, and the legislature should take that into account when we\u2019re talking about funding the university and other things.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toni Ganzel, dean of the U of L School of Medicine, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.legislature.ky.gov\/minutes\/judiciar\/220707OK.PDF\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">explained<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the hearing that under the 2016 agreement EMW provides annual salary support for two of the hospital\u2019s physicians in the U of L School of Medicine\u2019s Department of OB\/GYN and Women\u2019s Health. Ganzel said the salary support goes towards training residents in the required accreditation standards. Ganzel denied any university funds are spent on abortion and said they could lose accreditation without the training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/kentucky-officer-disciplined-praying-abortion-center\/\">Kentucky police officer awarded settlement after being disciplined for praying at abortion center<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ganzel was also questioned on the testimony of Dr. Ashlee Bergin, one of the two U of L doctors who works as an abortionist at EMW. Bergin told lawmakers she was hired in 2015 to train students for abortions and that some, but not all of her work, involves training the residents in these procedures. She said she is not an employee of EMW, and she receives separate payment from EMW when she performs work outside of training residents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last week, U of L spokesman John Karman, in a brief statement, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/IUsX7#selection-511.117-511.153\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the university has \u201cpaused our residency training affiliation with EMW until we can determine the future of the relationship.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louisville Courier Journal<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reports<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the relationship between U of L and EMW has been questioned in the past. For example, in 2020, the Family Foundation of Kentucky held a press conference demanding an investigation into whether the university was using taxpayer money for abortion. U of L denied the allegations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, EMW is not committing abortions. Earlier in August, the Kentucky Court of Appeals <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/appeals-court-kentucky-protect-most-vulnerable\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">removed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a temporary injunction that blocked the state\u2019s trigger law and six-week abortion ban from going into effect. Most of the state\u2019s preborn children are now protected from abortion, though the law allows abortion if the mother\u2019s life is at risk. 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