MANASSAS, Va., March 18, 2013 /
Christian Newswire/ -- Students for Life of America, along with Operation Rescue, Live Action, JillStanek.com, LifeSiteNews.com, Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, and Rock for Life, will deliver more than 5,000 citizen complaints to the Maryland Board of Physicians today asking the Board to revoke Germantown late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart's Maryland Medical License. The citizens complaint (full text may be found on
www.StopCarhart.com) is in support of the February 19, 2013 official complaint against Carhart, filed by Operation Rescue. The official complaint documents 13 violations of the Maryland Medical Practice Act and one violation of a criminal statute related to Second Degree Murder and
can be read here.
Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins said: "Late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart botched another abortion on February 7, 2013, killing Jennifer Morbelli, a 29-year old kindergarten teacher, and her 33-week old preborn baby girl, Madison Leigh. Every day he continues to operate, he puts more and more women at risk and children to death. In good conscience and for the safety of women, the Maryland Board of Physicians must shut down Carhart's late-term abortion facility before he can kill again."
President of Operation Rescue Troy Newman: "The Maryland Board of Physicians has confirmed that LeRoy Carhart is under preliminary investigation, but we remain concerned that he continues to conduct dangerous late-term abortions in Germantown at an outpatient clinic that lacks immediate access to emergency facilities or any kind of arrangement with a hospital to ensure continuity of care in the event of a medical emergency. Given the tragic result of Mrs. Morbelli's late-term abortion, we continue to urge the Board to suspend Carhart's medical license and shut down this abortion clinic immediately to ensure the safety of the public."
Co-Founder of Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust Cheryl Conrad: "LeRoy Carhart may be under preliminary investigation, but that won't stop him from continuing to kill preborn babies and their moms. After the heinous botched abortion in which he killed Jennifer Morbelli and her daughter Madison, we want to make sure he is shut down permanently, yet we have reason to believe that he is still performing late-term abortions at a wholly unsafe facility without access to even basic emergency aid, or privileges at a hospital. Survivors strenuously urges the Maryland Medical Board to suspend Carhart's license NOW. Not after he kills another mother. Not after another tragedy."
Priests for Life National Director and National Pro-life Religious Council President Fr. Frank Pavone: "The action we are calling for regarding Carhart accords with the assertion of Roe v Wade which states, 'If an individual practitioner abuses the privilege of exercising proper medical judgment, the usual remedies, judicial and intra-professional, are available.' [410 U.S. 113, 166]. Failure to act here finds no justification either among those who oppose Roe or those who support it."
Students for Life of America (SFLA) is the nation's largest youth pro-life organization and the only national pro-life organization dedicated to training and equipping college, high school, medical, and law school students. Since 2006, SFLA has helped to establish and build over 705 student pro-life organizations and has trained tens of thousands of students nationwide. The Students for Life of America National Conference is the largest pro-life youth event in the world.
