In February 2008, The Ohio Department of Health issued a cease and desist order for the Women’s Med Center abortion facility on 1401 Stroop Road in Kettering to close operations because owner/abortionist Martin Haskell did not have a publicly identifiable transfer agreement with a nearby hospital, as required by law.

On March 5, 2008 it was announced in the Dayton Daily News that three Dayton-area physicians who have admitting privileges at Miami Valley Hospital, including Dr. Lawrence S. Amesse of Oakwood, Dr. Janice M. Duke of Kettering, and Dr. Sheela M. Barhan of Beavercreek, had agreed to help the abortion facility meet the requirement for a written transfer agreement. The physicians have offices in the Berry Woman’s Pavillion at Miami Valley Hospitals and are also members of the faculty of Wright State University Boonshaft Medical School and are members of Wright State Physicians, Inc.

Dr. Amesse has since withdrawn from the Wright State group and a new agreement, has been signed with members of the Wright State Physicians group (Dr. Janice Duke, Dr. Shela Barhan, and Dr. Alan P. Marco, who is CEO of the Wright State Physicians) to provide emergency back-up services at Miami Valley Hospitals. This contract enables the abortion facility to stay in operation, so the killing of preborn babies continues in Kettering.

Efforts in the months following the announcement to discuss the situation privately with the physicians by medical professionals and members of pro-life organizations have been unproductive.

Information outreach activities began in September of 2008 near the main entrance to the hospital and near one of the entrances to the Berry Women’s Pavillion where the three doctors maintain offices. The outreach includes signs identifying the doctors and literature explaining the situation.