NEWS PROVIDED BY
Operation Rescue
Aug. 24, 2026
FORT COLLINS, Colo., Aug. 24, 2026 /Christian Newswire/ — On Friday, August 28, at 9:30 AM, a coalition of national and local leaders will hold a thirty-minute press conference on the sidewalk in front of the Fort Collins Planned Parenthood located at 825 South Shields Street.
Speakers will include:
• Attorney Alexandra Snyder, Life Legal Defense Foundation
• Dr. Keri Kasun, Acquaintance of Lexi’s Family
• Dr. Catherine Wheeler, Colorado Women’s Health & Safety, American Association of Pro-Life OB/GYNs Colorado Chapter
• Dr. Tom Perille, Democrats for Life
• Sarah Neely, Operation Rescue
• Kristy Neeley, Pro-Life Colorado
The press conference is part of #JusticeForLexi, a three-day campaign of outreach, activism and education created to shed light on the tragic death of Lexi Arguello and the numerous abortion injuries sustained by other unprotected women in unregulated abortion clinics across the state.
Dr. Tom Perille of Democrats for Life states, “For two consecutive years, bills have been introduced in the Colorado Assembly to grant the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment the authority to license, regulate, and inspect second and third trimester abortion facilities like they do other high risk healthcare facilities. Both times, the bills were defeated along party lines at the bequest of the abortion industry. Putting the abortion industry’s financial interests above the health and safety of Colorado women must stop.”
Sarah Neely, COO of Operation Rescue comments, “Since Lexi’s tragic death, our team has documented at least 12 more women injured at this same Planned Parenthood. Another late-term Planned Parenthood located in Denver has injured nine women. Not one incident has been investigated, not even the death of Lexi, when evidence and testimony suggested Planned Parenthood staff waited too long to call 911.”
In total, Operation Rescue has documented 24 women requiring emergency care and transport from abortion clinics in Colorado since January of 2025.
Dr. Catherine Wheeler, former abortionist and head of AAPLOG’s Colorado chapter, points out that more than one national survey shows, on average, transfers to the hospital from ambulatory surgery centers occur 1.1 in 1000 procedures. Colorado’s abortion clinics, especially the Fort Collins Planned Parenthood, are exceeding this average beyond measure.
Dr. Wheeler also states, “Women and Coloradans do not understand the dangers of abortion after the first trimester, and are not told the facilities are not regulated or inspected to be sure that anesthesia is safe, sterilization protocols are enforced, clinicians are adequately trained, or that the staff and facility are prepared, equipped and capable to manage emergencies like hemorrhage, uterine perforation or acute respiratory failure, known complications. The tragic loss of Lexi’s life and at least 13 ambulances from Fort Collins since January 2025 witness to the dangers of later abortion, magnified by lack of oversight, transparency and accountability.”
Attorney Alexandra Snyder of Life Legal Defense Foundation adds, “The need for adequate regulations is most pronounced in facilities that perform second- and third-trimester abortions, like the one that treated Lexi before she died. Colorado’s legislature has twice rejected attempts to impose even basic safety requirements. We will continue to fight for laws that protect women in Colorado from this unconscionable neglect on the part of the legislature. We hope that Lexi’s death will finally compel lawmakers to require abortion clinics to meet the same patient safety standards required of other medical facilities.”
Directly after the press conference, the coalition will hold a one-hour #JusticeForLexi Prayer Rally at the same location. Additional speakers will include:
• Auxiliary Bishop Jorge Rodriguez Novelo, Archdiocese of Denver
• Troy Newman, Operation Rescue
All other events for this three-day campaign can be found at www.operationrescue.org/lexi.
SOURCE Operation Rescue
CONTACT: Sarah Neely, Chief Operating Officer, 910-303-2601, sarahn@operationrescue.org