![]() ![]() George Tiller and when he expanded his practice outside of Nebraska after a 2010 state law limited it there.Ĭarhart was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1941 and earned his medical degree from Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia, now Drexel University College of Medicine, in 1973. Supreme Court, after the May 2009 killing of friend and colleague Dr. He defended the procedure as a way for women to control their fertility.Ĭarhart drew attention for twice taking his fight for abortion rights to the U.S. Carhart had specialized in vasectomies previously and said he wanted to offer women reproductive freedom. He founded his first clinic specializing in abortion in 1992 with a mission to provide abortion care in a compassionate, comfortable and personal environment, according to the statement. ![]() “His lifelong commitment to serving patients seeking abortion services will be continued by his staff and doctors at both Maryland and Nebraska CARE locations.” ![]() “Lee had a very simple belief that patients know what is best for their life plan and was there to support them,” the clinic’s statement said. He was one of only a handful of late-term abortion providers in the U.S. His cause of death was not released by the clinic.Ĭarhart began focusing on abortions after retiring from the Air Force in 1985. He was 81.Ĭarhart died Friday, according to Clinics for Abortions & Reproductive Excellence in Bellevue, Nebraska, where he was the medical director. Previous restrictions in Nebraska and elsewhere were based on a fetus’ ability to survive outside the womb, or viability.LeRoy “Lee” Carhart, who emerged from a two-decade career as an Air Force surgeon to become one of the best-known late-term abortion providers in the United States, has died. Carhart later said he didn’t because Tiller’s family was resistant.Ĭarhart opened clinics in other states after Nebraska targeted him with a 2010 groundbreaking law banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on the disputed notion that fetuses can feel pain at that time. He and his wife, Mary, ran the Nebraska clinic.Ĭarhart once said he was able to champion abortion rights because he didn’t have to rely on his medical practice to pay his bills the military pension he received provided him enough income to support his family.Ĭarhart assisted at Tiller’s Wichita, Kansas, clinic from 1998 until 2009 and was considered likely to take it over after Tiller was gunned down at his church by an abortion foe. He received his medical training while he was in the Air Force and retired as a lieutenant colonel. ![]() LeRoy “Lee” Carhart, who emerged from a two-decade career as an Air Force surgeon to become one of the best-known late-term abortion providers in the United States, has died. ![]()
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