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New Abortion Facility: RISE Collective, acronym for Reproductive Health, Inclusive Care, Support and Empowerment, was established with former staffers of abortionist Warren Hern, with the goal of reopening an all-trimester abortion facility in Boulder by the end of 2025.
The facility is now open and scheduling abortions. RISE Collective Representatives indicated that their focus at the beginning would be solely on later abortions, and eventually, expand to abortion through all three trimesters of pregnancy.
Unregulated: Colorado lacks minimum health standards for abortion facilities. In fact, abortion facilities performing second- and third-trimester abortions are not licensed, regulated, or inspected by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), despite the high-risk procedures involved.
Facts: After the first trimester, life-threatening hemorrhage and uterine perforation with injury to surrounding organs occur much more frequently. One of every 10 second-trimester surgical abortions result in complications, with 1.7% life-threatening. This is far higher than procedures done in regulated ambulatory surgical facilities.
High Risks: Second and third trimester abortions carry exponentially increased risks of maternal morbidity and mortality.
Procedures in the second and third trimesters typically involve dilation and evacuation (D&E) or D&X variants with substantially higher rates of complications and even death.
Reputational and Economic Exposure: Your association with RISE Collective, a high-risk, unregulated abortion facility not only raises profound ethical concerns—it also exposes you to significant reputational, financial, and legal liability.
There are ample precedents: facilities and landlords associated with abortion facilities have faced boycotts, protests, community outrage, and investigative scrutiny, even when not directly involved in their operations:
Should a catastrophic event occur in your building—especially one preventable by regulation—You could be portrayed as complicit in hosting unsafe medical practices, face public condemnation, and investigative media attention tying landlords to medical negligence.

We believe that RISE Collective abortion facility is in direct contravention of women’s health and safety in Boulder and surrounding cities.
We respectfully urge you to:
1. Terminate your lease relationship with RISE Collective Abortion Facility.
2. Publicly reaffirm your commitment to safe, regulated, life-affirming care. 3. Engage community partners in offering alternative support services for pregnant women.