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Abortionist Carhart Flees
Pro-Life Law in Nebraska Part Two of Three By Dave Andrusko
Abortionist LeRoy Carhart has told local Nebraska media that he is opening three new abortion clinics because of the state's new "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act" [L.B. 1130]. All the more reason to pass similar bills in Maryland, Iowa, and Indiana, where Carhart says he is opening the "Carhart Centers for Sexual and Reproductive Health." Carhart is wasting no time. "Carhart said the first new clinic will open Dec. 6 in suburban Maryland, near the U.S. capital," according to Chicago Tribune. "He said the second would be in Council Bluffs, Iowa, just across the Missouri River from Omaha. The third would be in Indianapolis, he said, replacing services of an existing clinic." Carhart is [in]famous for performing late, late abortions--into and beyond the second trimester. He told KETV that, "We need a place where we can help out patients, without the harassment of the courts." Referring to the new law and his out-of-state moves, Carhart told the Omaha World Herald, "This sort of forced us. We had to do it." Julie Schmit-Albin is executive director of Nebraska Right to Life and along with Mary Spaulding Balch, NRLC Director of State Legislation, was primarily responsible for passage of LB 1103. She said that the out-of-state expansion shows the strength of Nebraska's new law. "This shows that LB 1103 was the right strategy," she told Today's News & Views. "It's interesting to us that Carhart needed to expand to three other states to replace the over 1,000 abortions he did every year in Nebraska." Schmit-Albin told the World Herald, "The bulk of his business has been late-term abortions," adding, "Why else does he need three new places in three states to be flying around doing abortions, those abortions that can't be done in Nebraska?" According to KETV, "Carhart said private donations are paying the cost to open the three clinics, estimated to be about $1.5 million." Ever since the law was passed in May there have been rumors and hints that pro-abortionists would challenge the law in court. There was a five-month time period before LB 1130 went into effect, but the law was never challenged. Carhart has twice carried legal challenges all the way to the Supreme Court. He told various media outlets yesterday, he still plans to challenge LB 1103, "but he's working on an effective approach, and it could be months before he and others file a challenge." Please send your comments on Today's News & Views and National Right to Life News Today to daveandrusko@gmail.com. If you like, join those who are following me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/daveha. |
