THE NATION - News from June 11, 2009
An Omaha doctor said he would perform third-term abortions in Kansas after the slaying there of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, but would not say whether he would open a new facility or offer the procedure at an existing practice. Dr. LeRoy Carhart spoke one day after Tiller’s family decided not to reopen his Wichita clinic.
Carhart declined to discuss his plans in detail during a telephone interview.
Tiller’s clinic was one of the few facilities in the country that performed third-trimester abortions. Carhart has a clinic in Bellevue, Neb., but had performed late-term abortions at Tiller’s clinic because Kansas’ laws are less restrictive.
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