Jane VanDeBogart Action Fund

With a generous bequest from the estate of a long-time hospital merger activist, MergerWatch has created the Jane VanDeBogart Action Fund. This fund will enable us to better assist community-based activists. 

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• There's always grieving when you lose a pregnancy, but then to have an entity questioning your decision; that compounds that trauma.

  - Dr. Ross, OBGYN

• I don’t want to be kept alive on feeding tubes.
  But what if my
  hospital doesn’t agree?

  – Frank, 78

• The pharmacist
  refused to fill my birth
  control prescription.
  Can he do that?

  – Carolyn, 24

• We were told nothing would change after the hospital merger. But now my insurance package won’t cover contraception or sterilization services.

  – Beth, RN

• I was told by my doctor that another pregnancy would be too risky to my health. But I can’t get my tubes tied during the birth because the hospital follows religious rules. What about my rights?

  – Shirley, 39