Demand transparency & accountability from Ellis Medicine, St. Peter’s Health Partners and Trinity Health as they merge.
Ellis Medicine—Ellis Hospital, Bellevue Woman’s Center, McClellan Street Health Center, Medical Center of Clifton Park—is merging with St. Peter’s Health Partners (SPHP). SPHP is part of Trinity Health, a billion-dollar, Michigan based, mega-health system comprised of 90+ hospitals across the country.
Why Does this Merger Matter?
SPHP and Trinity Health operate under religious-based restrictions that prohibit comprehensive healthcare. Without enforceable conditions placed upon this merger, the following services are threatened:
Reproductive care, including contraception, abortion, tubal ligations, vasectomies and infertility services.
LGBTQ+-inclusive care, including gender affirming treatments and surgeries.
End-of-life self-determination
2020: Ellis Medicine signed a management contract with SPHP/Trinity
(That’s why your bills, patient portal, and all communication for SPHP now say “Trinity Health.”)
2023: SPHP announced plans to close Burdett Birth Center
2024: State funding was secured and the plan was withdrawn after public hearings were held by OAG
2025: Surgical services were moved from Bellevue Woman’s Center to Ellis Hospital
What Can You Do?
Join SCHA
If you have received care at Ellis or Bellevue that was or is threatened by this merger, let us know
Share all of the above with your friends and community members