I'm the only doctor in America who performs abortions after eight months - now I'm doing more than ever READ MORE: Abortions rise up to 220% in states with no bans on procedure Follow DailyMail.com's presidential election live blog for all the latest news and updates By Luke Andrews Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 21:00, 31 October 2024 | Updated: 21:01, 31 October 2024 e-mail View comments Dr Warren Hern has been carrying out late stage abortions for decades.
In 1988 someone tried to shoot him, and his clinic in Boulder, Colorado , is regularly bombarded by protesters accusing him of being a 'murderer.' But Dr Hern, who is now 86 years old, says he will keep carrying out abortions after 32 weeks — the only physician who publicly admits to doing so — to protect women's health. In fact, he says that in the wake of Roe V Wade being overturned, he's performing more late-term terminations than ever before.
The presidential election next week is the first since the reversal of Roe and access to abortion is a top issue among voters, especially women. In a series of interviews over recent months, Dr Hern said he was not an 'abortion dispensing machine' and never provides a termination after 32 weeks because a woman 'just doesn't want a child.' He said he only performs the procedure if there are complex medical problems, highlighting the case of a woman who was 35 weeks pregnant but found out her fetus had a stroke and its brain had died.
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