Former employees claim non-certified personnel did medical procedures
Troy Newman at news conference regarding
allegations against abortion LeRoy Carhart
Three former employees of Nebraska late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart have submitted affidavits to state Attorney General Jon Bruning alleging a pattern of illegal activity in the abortion business dating back years.
The report comes from officials with Operation Rescue, a pro-life activist organization that set up headquarters in a former abortion business it purchased in Wichita, Kan., and worked for years to expose the activities of George Tiller, that city's late-term abortion.
Tiller was killed by a murderer's bullet earlier this year and a suspect taken into custody.
According to Operation Rescue, members of pro-life groups met with Bruning this week to present to him the signed affidavits from former Carhart employees.
OR President Troy Newman said, "For the first time, we have sworn statements from women who have admitted that they were instructed to commit illegal activity at Carhart's abortion clinic in Bellevue, Nebraska. That makes their allegations compelling and convincing.
"These women came forward on their own to blow the whistle on Carhart out of concern for the safety and well-being of women. These are not pro-life activists by any stretch of the imagination," he said.
Bruning took the documents and assured activists that the documents also would be forwarded to the state Department of Health and Human Services, which earlier launched an investigation of Carhart at the request of Operation Rescue, Nebraskans United for Life and Rescue the Heartland.
"We emphasized to the attorney general that many of the allegations being made violate criminal statutes and we requested an investigation by his office in addition to whatever the Department of Health was doing," said Newman.
"Mr. Bruning assured us that he would use all due diligence to review the matter, and if he finds that the laws of Nebraska have been broken, he would do his duty within the confines of the law. Mr. Bruning is an honorable man who we believe will not hesitate to enforce the law. Now we must allow time for the process to work," Newman confirmed.
The former employees were not identified immediately. But Newman said they have made allegations that Carhart had workers without proper licensing and training performing medical tasks that were illegal for them to do, such as starting IVs and dispensing medications.
Among other allegations: Illegal post-viability abortions were performed, drugs went missing, there were unclean conditions and poor hygiene and Carhart himself was chemically impaired on duty.
According to a report in the Omaha World-Herald, Carhart denied any improper activities.
The newspaper also reported it interviewed some of the former workers in confidence, getting the same allegations as Operation Rescue.
"Two of the women said they routinely started IVs at Carhart's clinic though they weren't registered nurses or certified licensed practical nurses, as required in Nebraska," the report said.
Another worker "said she frequently administered medication intravenously although she wasn't a certified LPN," the newspaper confirmed.
The newspaper also reported several of the witnesses it interviewed have drug convictions, including two who had criminal records before they were hired.
At Tiller's death, Carhart promised he would do some of the late-term abortions Tiller would have provided at his now-closed business.
"The situations described by the brave women who have come forward prove that Mr. Carhart lacks sound medical judgment and is incompetent to continue the practice of medicine," said Newman. "The allegations made transcend standard of care issues. They show a pattern of criminal conduct that has endangered the lives and safety of women over a period of several years."
Contact: Bob Unruh
Source: WorldNetDaily
Publish Date: September 5, 2009
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