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Nearly 600 medical professionals from across Nebraska released an open letter opposing Initiative 434 and supporting Initiative 439. The letter follows Governor Pillen’s offensive and propaganda-filled press conference on miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies in which he and state officials referred to one woman’s as “misinformation.”

Read the letter below and click here to check your voting information and make a plan for Nov. 5!

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.

Wewould 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 weserve, 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 theirhands 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.

Signed:

Aaron Schwab, Medical Student

Abbie Vollers, RN

Abigail A. Delaney, MD

Abigail Drucker, MD

Adam Macdissi, MD

Adam Sutton, MD, MBA

Aimee Probasco, DO

Alan Fulton, RN

Alex DeVries, APRN

Alex T Dworak, MD

Alexa Dinneen, MHDS, RT(R), RDMS

Alexa Lewis, MSN, RN

Alexa Narro-Garcia, M.D.

Alexandra Burt, MD

Alexandra Hergenrader, MD

Alexandra Regan, MD

Alexandra Stoltenberg, BSN, RN

Alexandria Boyle, Certified Pharmacy Technician

Alexis Hobelman, Medical Student

Alison Laflan, MD

Allison Phillips, MD

Alyssa Fischer, CNM

Alyssa Lawrence, Medical Student

Alyssa Rutan, MD

Alyssa Salamanca Ghajarieh, Medical Student

Alyssa Wells, Medical Student

Amanda Blomenkamp, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM

Amanda Buskevicius, MD

Amanda Katz, MA

Amanda Petersmith, APRN-NP

Amber Hamilton, RN

Amber M Tyler, MD

Amber Retzlaff, RN, BSN

Amie Hollard, MD

Amy Bierbaum CRNA

Amy Collingham, APRN

Amy Garwood, MD

Amy K Arndt, DNP, APRN

Amy Lindgren, Paramedic

Amy Perkins, MS, TS(ABB), Laboratory Manager

Amy Wise, RRT

Andrea Jones, MD

Andrea Leishman-Barb, DO

Andrea Oltman, RDMS, MHA

Andrew W. Robertson, MD

Angela Salazar, APRN

Angie Cook, PA-C

Ann Anderson Berry, MD

Ann M Bode, APRN

Ann Sullivan, MD

Annamaria Nagy, MD

Anne Marie Backer, Medical Student

Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH

Anne Perlman, MD

Anne Tickle, BSN, RN

Annie Nyffeler, DO

Anu Tunuguntla, MD

April Kelley, BSN, RN, C-EFM

April Nelson, APRN, CNM

Araceli Covarrubias, RDMS, RT(R)

Arica Hauger, DNP, APRN

Arica Lerdahl, PA-C

Ashley Greenwood, MD

Ashley Jablonski, BSN, RN

Ashley O'Donnell, CNM

Ashtyn Nelson, MD

Asit Goswami, MD

Aubrey Malone, MSN, RN, C-EFM, SANE-A

Bailey Birt, RN

Barbara J Gutshall, MD, FACP

Becca Milroy, RN

Bernice Beam, RN, BSN

Beth Totten, RN

Bradette Varilek, MD

Brady Kerr, MD

Brenda Weidner, MD

Bret Elliott, MD

Brett Van Briggle, MD

Bri Knipp, Medical Student

Brian Bristol, DO

Brian Delaney, MD

Brian Hollis, MD

Brian Karre, MD

Brianne Kling, MD

Broc Fuhrman, CST/CSFA

Bruce Goldberg, PharmD

Caitlin Foxley, MD, FHM, FACP

Candice Fryda, APRN

Candice Johnson, RN

Cara Dull, RN

Carey Ertz, DO

Carey Sliva, RN

Carol Bush, CRNA

Caroline G Sedlacek, PhD

Carrie Nixon, PharmD

Cassandra Kay Soles, BSN, RN

Catherine Magdaleno, APRN

Chaeli Fortina, APRN-NP

Chelsea Navarrette, MD

Chelsie Mattern, BSN, RN

Cheryl Townsend, RN

Cheyenne Cordova, APRN student

Christie Barnes, MD

Christie Barnes, MD

Christina White, RN

Christine Broghammer, RNC, BSN

Christine Clerc, MPAS, PA-C

Christine Tran APRN

Christopher Gartin, MD

Christopher Pineda, RN

Claire Baker, MD

Claire Nissen, MPH, Medical Student

Claudia Moore, MD

Cleone Warren, RN

Colleen Hobbs, DNP RN

Corey Zetterman, MD

Cori Kerr, APRN-NNP

Corie Barnard, APRN

Corrigan McBride, MD

Courtney Anderson, LCSW

Courtney Jackson, APRN

Courtney McLean, MD, MS

Courtney Norton, RN

Courtney Thomas, RN

Craig R Baumgart, MD

Dakota Cook, DNP, APRN-FNP

Dalton Nelsen, MD

Dana Marsh, MD

Dana Raml, MD

Dana Stubbs, DC

Daniel Smith, MD

Daniela Cortes Reyes, MD

Danielle Hicks, APRN-NP

Danielle Lane, RDMS

Danielle Lubrant, RN

Darla Eisenhauer, MD

David Crockett, MD

David Greiner, MD

David Newton, MD

Deann Paulson, MD

Deanna Hutchins, MD

Deborah Perry, MD

Denise Hendrickson, RN, BSN

Desiree Dunn-Harris, MA

Donald Gibbens, MD

Douglas D Ebers, MD

Elinor Hamm, RN

Elise Croson, RN

Elizabeth Amato-Hanner, Medical Student

Elizabeth Bronson, APRN-NP

Elizabeth Constance, MD

Elizabeth Francis, APRN

Elizabeth Friesen, MD

Elizabeth Henning, Pharm.D.

Elizabeth Johnson, DDS

Elizabeth McIlree, APRN

Elizabeth Noordhoek, MD

Elizabeth Weedin, DO

Ella Turley, Medical Student

Elyssa Kay, RN, BSN

Emili Schulz, RN

Emily Dietle, MD

Emily Doe, MD

Emily Egley, DDS

Emily Glaser, DNP, CRNA

Emily Hanigan, PA-C

Emily Hunt, MD

Emily Mahon, PA-C

Emily Patel, MD

Emma Bassette, MD

Emma Buddenhagen, Medical Student

Erica Carlsson, MD

Erica Irwin, LIMHP, CMSW

Erica Parish, APRN

Erin Brummett, APRN

Erin Kamp, APRN

Erin Peters, BSN, RN

Erin Talaska, MD

Fatima Osman, APRN, PMHNP

Faviola Meza, RN

Gale M Etherton, MD

Grace Binter, DO

Grant Hutchins, MD

Gretchen Hauser, MSN, RN

Haley Sanborn, RN

Hannah Cochran, MPH student

Hannah Lutjens, RN

Hannah Sneller, MD

Hayley Hilker, RN, BSN

Heather Kleeman, DO

Heather M. Said, DO

Heather Potthoff, OTR/L

Helen F. Grace, DO

Helen Grace, DO

Helen Jackson Bleicher, LMHP LIMHP

Hemant Satpathy, MD

Isabel Barajas, RN

J Elizabeth Schoemaker, MD

Jackie Kelly, RN

Jackson Hunt, MD

Jackson Lamb PA-C

Jacqueline Peck, MD

Jaime Seeman, MD

James W Miller, MD

Jamie Haferbier Gustafson, MD

Jamie Haferbier Gustafson, MD

Jamie Vitamvas, MD

Jana Binkley, MD

Janae Dudgeon MD

Jasmine Scripp, MD, MPH

Jason T. Helvey, MD

Jaycee Housh, MD

Jaycie Gaspard, DNP-S, BSN, RN

Jayne Nelson, DNP, APRN-NP, FNP-C, CWCN-AP

Jean Thomsen, MD

Jeffrey Salomon, MD

Jelena Kinney, BSN, RN

Jenna Allison, MD

Jenna Van Pelt, MD

Jennifer Carter, DDS

Jennifer Czyz, APRN

Jennifer D Stone, MD

Jennifer Griffin Miller, MD

Jennifer Harney, MD

Jennifer Hill, MD

Jennifer Jessen, EdD, RN, CNOR, FNAP

Jennifer Kay, MD

Jennifer Mather, RN

Jennifer Parker, MD

Jennifer Schwartz, RN

Jennifer Winter, MD

Jeremy Alan Vitamvas, PA-C

Jeremy K. Gallant, MD

Jessalynn Faber, BSN, RN

Jesse Barondeau, MD

Jesse Kirkpatrick, APRN

Jessica Bracken MD

Jessica Fitzgerald, DNP, RN, CCRN

Jessica Gering, APRN

Jessica Hack, Medical Student

Jessica Heckman, MD

Jessica McGhee, RN, BSN

Jessica Prusa Flores, MD

Jessica Reagan, RN

Jessica Schulz, RN

Jessica Scott, RN

Jill Beck, MD

Jill Faraci, MD

Jill Johnson, LIMHP, LADC, LPC

Jill Puetz, MD

Jill Zabih, MD

Jillian Negri, DNP, APRN-NP, ACNP

Jodanne Hedrick, DO

Jodi Cantrell, MD

Jodi Rinne, MSN, BSN

Jodi Triggs, DO

John Ippolito, MD

Jonathan Henning, MD

Jonell Tempero, PA-C

Joseph Auxier, DO

Joseph David, Medical Student

Joseph Dougherty, MD

Joseph S. Miller, MD FAAFP

Josh Edgar, MD

Joshua D Dahlke, MD

Joshua Hite, PharmD, BCPPS

Joy Tindell, APRN

Joycelyn Vazquez, PA Student

Judith Scott, DO

Judith Scott, DO

Judy Byrns, Ph.D.

Julianne Eckert, PA-S, MPAS

Julie Filips, MD

Jyoti Mahapatra, MD

Kaitlin Hehnke, MD MS

Kaitlyn Leaman, PA-C

Kalia Triplett, RN

Kamilla Brezina, RN, BSN

Kara Boyko Frandson, PharmD

Kara Dostal, CRNA

Kara Markin, MD

Karen Anderson, RN

Karen Bagniewski, APRN

Kari A Krenzer, MD

Kari Kersch, RNC, BSN

Karin Trujillo, MD

Karissa Fuhrman, RN

Karylin Sullivan, RN

Kate Huhmann, DNP, APRN-NP

Katelyn Wingate, RN

Katherine Chisholm, MSN, RN

Katherine Lessman, MD

Katherine Linehan, APRN

Katherine Willet, MD

Kathleen Scott, DNP, CNM, FACNM

Kathleen Yao, DNP, APRN

Kathryn Borman, DO, MPH

Kathryn Hutchins, MD

Kathryn Rosenberger, MD

Kathy Schall, MD

Katie Ann-Weatherl Fossen, MD

Katie Garcia, DDS

Katie Holling, RN

Katie M Wilkins BSN, RN

Katie Rauscher, RN

Katrina Cordts, PhD

Kay Lynn Anderson, MD

Kaycee Jensen, BSN, RN, CCM

Kayla Brickell, RN

Keli Kolegraff, MD, PhD

Kelli Peterson, MD

Kelli Poplau, PA-C

Kelli Terpolilli, RN, BSN, CCRN

Kelsey Klute, MD

Kelsie Nygren, RNC-OB

Kerry Mancuso, APRN-NP

Kevin Mugno, PA-C

Kiley Hall, RN

Kim Coleman, MD

Kim Jenne, RNC

Kimberly K Chacon, CRNA

Kirsten Hepburn, BA, BSN, RN

Korie Cochran, PT

Krista Hummel, APRN, WHNP-BC

Kristen Fishler, CGC

Kristi Dragoo-Moon, RN

Kristi NewMyer, MD

Kristin Maine, RN, BSN

Kristin Rohde, CRNA

Kristin Schaffert, RN, BSN

Kristina Heimann, LPN

Kristine Severe, LIMHP, LICSW

Krystina Kalland, MD

Kylee Stanley, MD

Kylie Roe, PAC

Lacy White, EMT

LaDonna K Hart, APRN-NP, DNP

Lance J. Kugler, MD

Laura Albee, MD

Laura Cudzilo, MD

Laura Ebers, Medical Student

Laura Fuller, MPAS, PA-C, CAQ-Psych

Laura Kyriss, CNM

Laura Smith, DNP, APRN-NP

Laura Tanbouza, PA-C

Laura Tenner, MD

Laura Wilwerding, MD

Lauren Anderson, MD

Lauren Brauer, PA-C

Lauren Glasner, DO

Lauren Kreuzberg, PAC

Lauren Kroeker, RN

Lauren Maskin, MD

Lauren Shoemaker, MD

Lauren Timm, MD

Lauren Wirt, BSN, RN

Lauren Ziegenbein, JD, Medical Student

Lawrence Feng, MD

Leigh Samuel, PharmD

Lesley Kerner-Slaymaker, Pharm-D

Leslie Bonnet, CRNA

Leslie Collins, RN, BSN, OCN

Lexie Ann Johnson, BSN, RN

Libby Crockett, MD, MPH

Lilia White, RMA

Lilli Mauer, MD

Linda Collins, MD

Lindsay Borsh, RN

Lindsay Seidel, PharmD

Lindsey A. McAlarnen, MD

Lindsey Shook, RN

Lisa Hill, APRN

Lisa Poole, MD

Lisa Wieker, RN, BSN

Logan Schroeder, DO, MPH

Lori A. Harkins, MD

Lydia Kang, MD

Lyndsie Grams, CRNA

Lynette Exum, MD

Lynn Marcus, MA, LIMHP, CPC, NBCC

Mackenzie Denich, APRN-NP

MacKenzie Knight, RN

Madeline Bruck, MD

Madeline Luebe, Medical Student

Madison Burgard, MD

Maggie Kuhlmann, MD

Maggie Kuhlmann, MD

Mallory Barry, MD

Mallory Stone, PT Student

Marilyn Lowe, CNM

Marisa Wieseler, APRN

Mark D’Agostino, MD

Mark Hutchins, MD

Mark Kusek, MD

Marnie Dellutri, PA-C

Mary Ann Curtis, MD

Mary Churchill, APRN

Mary Fran Flood, MSW, PhD

Mary W Kinyoun, MD

Mary Watson, APRN

Mary Wells, MD

Matt Bogard, MD

Matt Brady, MD

Matthew Dorwart, MD

Matthew Gibson, MD

Maureen Boyle, MD

MD

Megan Chacon, MD

Megan Falke, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC

Megan Kalata, MD/MPH

Megan M Rogers, APRN

Megan Prickett, MD

Megan Rogers, APRN-WHBC

Meghan Oakes, MD

Melanie Bussey, APRN

Melanie Menning MD, MPH

Melissa Acquazzino, MD

Melissa Frederick, RN, SRNA

Melissa Gerard, MPT

Melissa Howey, APRN

Melissa Jantzen, PT

Melissa Mathes, MD

Melissa Selk, RN

Melissa Teply, MD

Michael Grace, MD

Michael J. Schwabe, MD

Michael K Zlomke, MD

Michaela Howell, APRN-NP, DNP

Michelle J Edgecombe, RN, BSN, CPN

Michelle Kompare, MD

Mikail Kraft, DO

Miriah Jansonius, APRN-WH-InPt OB, C-EFM

Miriam Perez Diaz BSN, RN, C-EFM

Misty Janssen, MD

Molly Elston, MSN, MSGH, APRN, FNP-C

Monica Jackson, APRN-NP

Morgan Steffen, DO

Morgan Zabel, MD

Nadia Abraham Gove, MD, MBA

Nancy Esch, MPH, RN, IBCLC, CIC

Natalie Bartman, PT, DPT

Natalie Fleming, MD

Natalie Khuu, PA-C

Natalie Lynch, DO

Natalie Nevels, RN

Natasha Sosa, RN, DNP-S

Nathalia Soethout, RN

Neil Hamill, MD

Nicholas Robinson, BSN, RN

Nichole Bliven, RDMS

Nicholle Bruhn, APRN, CPNP-PC, IBCLC, SANE

Nick Markin, MD

Nicole Ascanio, MD

Nicole Knight, BSN, RN

Nicole Shonka, MD

Nicolle Barmettler, MD

Nicolle M Mahoney, MD

Nikki Hanson, RN

Nour Elrokhsi, Medical Student

Olivia Taylor, Medical Student

Paige Charleston, MD

Pamela Schaffart, CNM

Patricia Bohart, MD

Peggy Schneider, PA-C

Perri Zach, CRNA

Peter Anaradian, MD

Peter Morris, MD

Priscilla Shannon, RN

Quinlan Couch, Medical Student

Rachael Rosas, LVT

Rachael Schmidt, APRN

Rachel Anderson, DO

Rachel Blake, MD

Rachel Brock, MD

Rachel Matthes, Medical Student

Rachel Swim, MD

Rachel Weber, Medical Student

Rachelle Archer, RN

Rachelle Kaspar-Cope, MD

Radu F Neamu, MD

Raeann Anderson, PhD

Rebecca Anderson, MD

Rebecca Aron, MD

Rebecca Christensen, MSN, RN, CCRN-K

Rebecca DeVries, DO

Rebecca Drakowski, Medical Student

Rebecca Hadenfeldt, RN

Rebecca Harstad, CST

Rebecca Jacobi, MD

Rebecca Kauk, RN,BSN

Rebecca Lerdahl, BSN

Rebecca Williams, Medical Student

Renee Fye, RN

Robert Devin, MD

Roma Vora, MD

Rosemary J Esseks, PhD

Rugmini Warrier, MD

Russell Francis, FNP, APRN

Ryan McKillip, RN, BSN

Ryan Mullane, DO

Sabrina Stratman, RN

Sachit Patel, MD

Sandra Lloyd, PAC

Sara Klein, APRN

Sara Nixon, RN

Sarah Elyse Pickett, DO

Sarah Jaksich, MPH Student

Sarah Konigsberg, MD

Sarah Pribil Pardun, PhD student

Sarah Shipp, Medical Student

Sarah Uhm, MPH, Medical Student

Shani Schroeder, RN

Shannon Godsil, MD

Shannon Heble, RNC BSN

Sharon Hammer, MD

Sharon Hammer, MD

Sharon Lee, APRN

Shaun Thompson, MD

Shauna Workman, RN, BSN

Sherrill Murphy, BSN, MD

Shiela A. Kaup, RNC

Shonda Knop, MSN, RN

Sonya Tran, MD

Stacie R Bleacher, MD

Stacy Brewer, MOT, OTR/L, CLT

Stefany Gilman, LPN

Stephanie Gawel, DO

Stephanie Gustin, MD

Stephanie Randall, MD

Stephanie Tucker CMA

Stephen R. Russell, MD

Steven Shannon, MD

Sumit Mukherjee, MD, MPH, MS

Susan J. Caniglia, APRN

Susan L. Fellman, MD

Susan MacQuiddy, MD

Susan Marada, RN

Susan Ohnoutka, MD

Susanne Simms, RN, BSN

Sydnee Michelle Woznick, RN, CNM Student

Sydney Bernhard, PharmD student

Sydney Powers, MD

Sydney Randall, MD

Sydni Calabro, MA

Tamara Steenson, RN

Tammara Christensen, RN

Tamra Schaecher, RN,BSN

Tana Perry, MD

Tara Barnes, MSN, RN

Tara Erickson, PA Student

Tasha Bang, RNC

Taylor Kolarick, CMA, Nursing Student

Taylor Vogel-Bladt, DO

Teresa Conway, RDMS

Teresa G Berg, MD

Teresa Minarich, RN

Teresa Stowe, APRN

Theresa Brich, Pharm-D

Thomas Dollison, CRNA

Tifany Somer-Shely, MD

Tiffany Tanner, MD

Tiffany Vasa, APRN

Tina Scott-Mordhorst, MD

Todd Pankratz, MD

Torri Janecek, DO

Tova Shaffer, RN, BSN

Tracy Mak, MD

Tricia Schmit, MD

Tristen Zimmerman, MD

Victoria M Maclin, MD

Wendy Miller, RN

Whitney Bossert, MD

William Hay, MD

William Johnson, MD

William Kuyper, MD

William Paul Swisher, MD

Yungpo Su, MD

Zachary Gustin, MD

Zander Wells, MPH Student

Zoe Keese, Medical Student

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