Newsweek's Profile of Late-Term Abortionist Riddled With Misrepresentation
August 18, 2009 by Dave Pierre
A shoddy and slanted profile of late-term abortionist Dr. LeRoy Carhart by Sarah Kliff in Newsweek magazine contains misrepresentation of the practice of late-term abortion. It also omits a serious episode in the career of Dr. Carhart that resulted in the tragic death of a 19-year-old woman.
In writing about the grisly practice of late-term abortion, Kliff falsely claims, "Past viability, no doctor will terminate a pregnancy without a compelling reason." This has been proven completely false in recent testimony by Dr. Paul McHugh, one of the leading psychiatrists in the country, who examined the medical records of patients seen by deceased late-term abortionist Dr. George Tiller.
Last year, the Harvard-educated McHugh relayed that some women stated that their reasons for wanting a late-term abortion included "not being able to go to a rock concert." According to Dr. McHugh, Dr. Tiller performed late-term abortions for "mostly social reasons."
A 2007 must-see interview with Dr. McHugh contained the following exchange:
INTERVIEWER: And did you see anyone's file that justified a late-term abortion by demonstrating that she would suffer substantial and irreversible harm?
DR. McHUGH: I saw no file that justified abortion on that basis.
Kliff fails to note that late-term abortionists themselves have admitted that almost all late abortions are purely elective.
Dr. Tiller's Abortion Records Exposed
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