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To: Conservativegreatgrandma

Yes, Council Bluffs. It is time to fight for children’s lives.

http://www.omaha.com/article/20101110/NEWS01/711109883
“”Late-term abortions moving, By Jonathon Braden, Omaha WORLD-HERALD”

“A Bellevue doctor who once provided late-term abortions in Nebraska will begin offering them in Council Bluffs and Maryland and will expand a clinic in Indianapolis.

Dr. LeRoy Carhart said he wants to offer the abortions in other communities because a new Nebraska law prevents him from performing the operations here.

Legislative Bill 1103, which went into effect Oct. 15, bans abortions at 20 weeks after fertilization or later. The law permits abortions at 20 weeks or later only to protect a woman’s life or prevent major physical problems.

“This sort of forced us. We had to do it,” Carhart said of expanding elsewhere. “In Iowa and Maryland, we can do the later cases.”

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. “We feel it’s definitely unconstitutional,” Carhart said.

Asked how he thought people would respond to his planned expansion, Carhart said, “I don’t really worry much about that. I’m more worried about the ability for women to have a place to go.”

Julie Schmit-Albin, executive director of Nebraska Right to Life, said the out-of-state expansion shows the strength of Nebraska’s new law.

“This shows that LB 1103 was the right strategy,” she said. “It’s interesting to us that Carhart needed to expand to three other states to apply his late-term abortion trend.”

Schmit-Albin said Carhart’s plans show how important late-term abortions are to his business.

“The bulk of his business has been late-term abortions,” she said. “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?”

Carhart said he plans to open the abortion clinic in Council Bluffs sometime after Jan. 1. He’s looking at two locations in south Council Bluffs.

He plans to open the Maryland clinic, just outside Washington, D.C., by Dec. 6.

Carhart wants to expand an existing clinic in Indianapolis and offer adoption and family-planning programs.

Opening the Council Bluffs and Washington-area clinics would cost about $1.5 million, he said. He plans to pay for the clinics with “some financing and a lot of fundraising.”””


10 posted on 11/10/2010 2:57:31 PM PST by iowamark
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To: iowamark
He's probably safe doing them here in Iowa as with this corrupt "Missouri" plan that Iowa must use to appoint SC justices, this butcher knows full well he will not have to worry about the legislature stopping this legislatively. The pro-baby killers will bring a lawsuit so fast it won't be funny. It was not accident that Iowa was chosen for the "same sex" marriage law suit.

As nice as it was that those three justices were voted out, in reality it accomplished very little. Now we have this travesty facing us. Something must be done.

11 posted on 11/10/2010 4:01:21 PM PST by Conservativegreatgrandma
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