Germantown, MD, July 22, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Earlier this month pro-life activists protesting outside Leroy Carhart's Germantown, Maryland late-term abortion facility witnessed a woman being whisked away by ambulance. Now the pro-life group Operation Rescue has obtained a heavily redacted copy of a 911 call placed on July 9, 2013, from the abortion clinic for an abortion patient who was suffering from heavy bleeding.
The group said that questions concerning the nature of the medical emergency were deleted from the 911 recording by the Montgomery County Office of the Fire Chief, and called this an apparent "over-redaction of public information." The group was also denied access to the written Computer Aided Dispatch report that generally accompanies 911 recordings and gives additional information about emergency response times, units dispatched, and the condition of the patient.
In spite of the heavy redactions, the recording indicated that a 35-year old woman was bleeding seriously enough to require transport to a hospital emergency room.
A local activist caught LeRoy Carhart on video wheeling the injured woman out of the abortion clinic and into an awaiting ambulance. That video, published by Operation Rescue, prompted coverage by national news outlets, including Fox News.
It appeared that the abortion clinic worker that placed the 911 call, who identified herself as “Ashley,” attempted to minimize the patient’s injuries by evading a question about the seriousness of the bleeding.
Uh, we have it under control but it’s a little more than the doctor would like,” the caller said.
“That response was completely contradictory and never directly answered the dispatcher’s question,” said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue. “If the bleeding was under control, why did the woman require emergency medical intervention and transport? This kind of obfuscation can cause a delay in necessary emergency treatment since the responders are not given an accurate picture of the patient’s true condition. The danger is compounded by the fact that Carhart has no hospital privileges whatsoever.”
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This is the second known serious abortion complication suffered by Carhart patients this year. On February 7, Jennifer Morbelli died from complications to a 33-week abortion. Carhart had left town and could not be reached by family or emergency room physicians when her condition deteriorated. This left hospital staff in the dark about her condition and previous treatment, which delayed their ability to treat her.
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