Of Kansas and Doctors and Women's Health
First I learned that Dr. Tiller's clinic would not reopen...
And now I've learned that a fellow doctor and friend is stepping in to take Dr. Tiller's place and provide late term abortions in Kansas.
A Nebraska doctor said Wednesday that he will perform third-term abortions in Kansas after the slaying of abortion provider George Tiller, but would not say whether he will open a new facility or offer the procedure at an existing practice.
Dr. LeRoy Carhart declined to discuss his plans in detail during a telephone interview with The Associated Press, but insisted "there will be a place in Kansas for the later second- and the medically indicated third-trimester patients very soon."
“I just think that until everything is in place, it’s something that doesn’t need to be talked about” in detail, Carhart said a day after Tiller’s family announced his Wichita clinic was permanently shutting its doors.
Tiller’s clinic was one of the only facilities in the country that performed third-trimester abortions. Carhart has run his own clinic in Bellevue, Neb., since 1985, but had performed late-term abortions at Tiller’s clinic because of Nebraska’s more restrictive abortion laws.
Drs. Carhart and Tiller were long-time friends and colleagues.
Dr. Carhart has a history of standing up for reproductive rights. He challenged the "Partial Birth" Abortion Ban in Gonzales v. Carhart, on the basis that it had no exception for a woman's health.
So...
To Dr. Carhart, I have to say: thank you.
And I have to say that I am afraid for you, stepping into this role so soon after the murder of Dr. Tiller.
And that I admire your conviction and your courage and your strong commitment to women's right to healthcare.
And I need to go make my donation to MSC.
And now I've learned that a fellow doctor and friend is stepping in to take Dr. Tiller's place and provide late term abortions in Kansas.
A Nebraska doctor said Wednesday that he will perform third-term abortions in Kansas after the slaying of abortion provider George Tiller, but would not say whether he will open a new facility or offer the procedure at an existing practice.
Dr. LeRoy Carhart declined to discuss his plans in detail during a telephone interview with The Associated Press, but insisted "there will be a place in Kansas for the later second- and the medically indicated third-trimester patients very soon."
“I just think that until everything is in place, it’s something that doesn’t need to be talked about” in detail, Carhart said a day after Tiller’s family announced his Wichita clinic was permanently shutting its doors.
Tiller’s clinic was one of the only facilities in the country that performed third-trimester abortions. Carhart has run his own clinic in Bellevue, Neb., since 1985, but had performed late-term abortions at Tiller’s clinic because of Nebraska’s more restrictive abortion laws.
Drs. Carhart and Tiller were long-time friends and colleagues.
Dr. Carhart has a history of standing up for reproductive rights. He challenged the "Partial Birth" Abortion Ban in Gonzales v. Carhart, on the basis that it had no exception for a woman's health.
So...
To Dr. Carhart, I have to say: thank you.
And I have to say that I am afraid for you, stepping into this role so soon after the murder of Dr. Tiller.
And that I admire your conviction and your courage and your strong commitment to women's right to healthcare.
And I need to go make my donation to MSC.