Nebraska abortion doctor to expand his practice

Department of Unintended Consequences. A very brave man.

OMAHA, Neb. - An abortion doctor said Friday that he will likely perform more late-term procedures at his Nebraska practice to meet the demand left when a Kansas physician was shot and killed earlier this year.

The move could solidify Nebraska's and Dr. LeRoy Carhart's place at the center of the fight over abortion because he's trying to offer the late-term procedures his friend Dr. George Tiller offered in Wichita before his death.

Carhart has considered opening a clinic in Kansas, but said he thinks expanding his practice in the Omaha suburbs may be the best option because it is easier for patients to get flights into Omaha than Wichita.

Nebraska doctor to offer late abortions

By GottaLaff

Thank you. And stay safe:

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 has a clinic in Bellevue, Neb., but had performed late-term abortions at Tiller's clinic because Kansas' laws are less restrictive.