| He Will Kill Again: Maryland Board Fails to Discipline Carhart for Patient Death |
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Press Release
For Immediate Release
October 16, 2013
Contact: Troy Newman, President 316-841-1700
Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor 316-516-3034
Germantown,
Maryland — The Maryland Board of Physicians has decided not to take
action against late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart for the death of
Jennifer Morbelli, a 29-year old woman who suffered fatal complications
from a very late 33-week abortion.
“We are horrified at the
decision of the Maryland Board of Physicians to let Carhart get away
scot-free with Morbelli’s death,” said Troy Newman, president of
Operation Rescue. “The Board has failed in their duty to protect women
from Carhart’s dangerous abortion practices that have take the lives of
two women, including that of Christin Gilbert in 2005. All the Board has
done is ensure that Carhart will kill again.”
A complaint was
filed by Operation Rescue after it received detailed information about
the patient death on February 7, 2013. That complaint prompted the
Board’s 8-month review. The Board notified Carhart of their decision to
close the case without action in a letter dated October 10, 2013,
according to the Washington Post.
According to an autopsy report,
Morbelli died from Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation “due to or as
a consequence of Amniotic Fluid Embolism following Medical Termination
of Pregnancy,” making it clear that the abortion was the event that led
to her death. But it was Carhart’s elusive behavior after the abortion
that was most troublesome.
After Morbelli’s abortion, while still
appearing “weak and pale” according to witnesses, Carhart released her
to return to her hotel. He then left town. As Morbelli’s condition
worsened, in the ensuing hours, Carhart could not be reached by family
members or later by hospital emergency room staff.
Operation
Rescue alleged in their complaint that Carhart’s conduct amounted to
patient abandonment, which delayed emergency care that may have saved
her life.
“This tragedy was completely avoidable and illustrates
the dangers of ‘fly-by-night’ abortionists who come into town with no
hospital privileges, do dangerous abortion procedures, then fly out
immediately afterwards, leaving others to clean up their messes,” said
Newman. “That practice must be stopped along with the below-standard
practice of inducing labor on women who are nearly term, forcing them to
labor without supervision in hotel rooms, then releasing them from
ill-equipped abortion clinics before they have stabilized. How the
Maryland Board of Physicians can accept these dangerous and shoddy
practices is cause for further concern.” |
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