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Prayer Vigil to be held at Advocate Christ Hospital on Sunday, December 9th
OAK LAWN, ILLINOIS December 6, 2001 (RFM NEWS) On Sunday, December 9th at 2:30
PM, an interfaith prayer vigil organized by Our Lady of Guadalupe's Helpers for
Life and Advocates Against Abortion at Christ Hospital will be held at Advocate
Christ Hospital located near the corner of 95th & Kostner in Oak Lawn,
Illinois. The prayer vigil is part of a continuing series of events meant
to bring attention to an abortion procedure being used at the medical facility
owned by Advocate Health Care Systems, headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois.
Previous prayer vigils have been peaceful, with the first event being held
nearly two years ago. Advocate Christ Hospital first came under criticism
when Jill Stanek, who was at the time employed as a labor and delivery nurse at
the facility, brought national attention to the implementation of an abortion
procedure that some are calling live-birth abortion. Stanek, who has since
been fired by Advocate Christ Hospital, is now running for political office as
she seeks the Republican nomination for the Illinois House of Representatives in
the 81st district, a seat currently held by Republican Renee Kosel who is
seeking another term in Springfield.
Kosel played a significant role in the Advocate Christ Hospital controversy when
she testified before the Illinois House Judiciary Committee against a piece of
legislation (Born-Alive Infants Protection Bills--SB1093, 1094 & 1095) that
would have monitored the abortion method in question. Kosel, a member of
Advocate Christ Hospital's Governing Council, has come under heavy fire in her
district concerning her role in the defeat of a series of bills sponsored by
state Senator and gubernatorial candidate Patrick O'Malley (R-18, Palos Park).
A number of politicians have attended past prayer vigils, including O'Malley and
state Senator Chris Lauzen (R-21, Aurora). The prayer vigils held at
Christ Hospital were a precursor to a national movement meant to outlaw what the
hospital calls the induced labor method which, at times, results in the birth of
a live baby who is then left to die without medical intervention in order to
complete the abortion. A number of elected officials and community leaders
have called the practice infanticide.
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