Julie Schmit-Albin, Director of Nebraska Right to Life, sent out the following press release yesterday.
Serious allegations of criminal activity were presented to Attorney General Jon Bruning this morning via sworn affidavits of three former employees of LeRoy Carhart's abortion facility." said Julie Schmit-Albin, Executive Director of Nebraska Right to Life. "We were present at today's meeting with the Attorney General and the three pro-life organizations which have been working to bring these allegations to light. We are hopeful that the AG will pursue a criminal investigation of Carhart and that other information turned over to the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services will also work towards shutting down Carhart's abortion facility."
"Witnesses have come forward with sworn statements regarding what they saw and were asked to do inside Carhart's facility." said Schmit-Albin. "We expect DHHS will do its job with regard to concerns about regulatory and licensing violations and that the Attorney General will do his job with regard to criminal allegations. Having former employees willing to speak on record makes all the difference. It is what we should have had to pursue Planned Parenthood of Lincoln's abortion facility in 2002 when the former clinic director made anonymous allegations but refused to come forward publicly. We acknowledge that this cannot be an easy thing for Carhart's former employees but it is the necessary and right thing to do.
