Click the link below to view an interview by Huffington Post Live of three of the last handful of openly practicing late-abortion doctors who continue to help women despite the threats against them.
These three doctors were also featured in the documentary, “After Tiller” (see link below). You can watch the documentary by renting/purchasing in iTunes, Google Play or Amazon.
Dr. George Tiller, one of America’s most dedicated women’s reproductive rights champions. He was killed on May 31, 2009 by an anti-abortion activist.
4 years after my experience terminating a wanted pregnancy in the 19th week, Dr. George Tiller, one of the only few doctors in the country to perform abortions after the 21st week, was shot to death handing out programs at his Wichita, Kansas church. Prior to that day in May, 2009, Dr. Tiller had survived being shot by an anti-abortion activist in both arms in 1993, had been the target of protests at his home, church and clinic, endured years of legal harassment and survived a clinic fire-bombing in June, 1986. Dr. Tiller was shot by one bullet to the head and killed instantly by an anti-abortion extremist on May 31,2009. Scott Roeder, the murderer, was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without any chance of parole for 50 years in March 2010.
I am so grateful for the extreme courage and dedication of doctors like George Tiller who risk their lives so that women like me can have safe options when faced with the decision to abort. I came across an amazing website called “I Am Dr. Tiller” which is both a homage to the work of Dr. Tiller and a living testimony to the courageous lives of abortion providers. On this site, you can read the personal stories of abortion providers (doctors, nurses, counselors, volunteers, etc…) who give testimony about their commitment to reproductive justice, abortion work and the paths that led them there.
Here is a list I found online from gynpages.com that gives the names of late term abortion providers by state. Their limit in weeks LMP is given in parenthesis.
Arizona
Phoenix – Family Planning Associates Medical Group (up to 23 weeks LMP)
Arkansas
Little Rock – Little Rock Family Planning Services (21.3 weeks LMP)
California
Beverly Hills – Josepha Seletz, MD / Pro-Choice Medical (24 weeks LMP)
Concord – Choice Medical Group (24 weeks LMP)
Fremont – Choice Medical Group (24 weeks LMP)
Oakland – Family Planning Specialists Medical Group (22 weeks LMP)
Sacramento – Choice Medical Group (24 weeks LMP)
Sacramento – Pregnancy Consultation Center & Medical Group (24 weeks LMP)
San Francisco – Choice Medical Group (24 weeks LMP)
San Jose – Choice Medical Group (24 weeks LMP)
Southern California – Family Planning Associates Medical Group 17 Locations – (up to 21.5 weeks LMP)
Colorado
Boulder – Boulder Abortion Clinic (26+ weeks LMP)
Connecticut
Bridgeport – Summit Women’s Center (up to 17 weeks LMP)
Hartford – Summit Medical Center (up to 17 weeks LMP)
Florida
Orlando – Orlando Women’s Center (24+ weeks LMP)
West Palm Beach – Presidential Women’s Center (22 weeks LMP)
Georgia
Atlanta – Atlanta SurgiCenter (26 weeks LMP)
Atlanta – Feminist Women’s Health Center (25 weeks LMP)
Atlanta – Summit Medical Associates (25 weeks LMP)
Illinois
Granite City – Hope Clinic for Women (24 weeks LMP)
Massachusetts
Boston / Chestnut Hill – Women’s Health Services (23 weeks LMP)
Michigan
Detroit – Northland Family Planning (24 weeks LMP)
Detroit – Summit Medical Associates (24 weeks LMP)
Detroit – Women’s Center Michigan (24 weeks LMP)
Minnesota
Minneapolis – Mildred S. Hanson MD (20 weeks LMP)
Nevada
Las Vegas – Summit Family Planning (24 weeks LMP)
New Jersey
Englewood – Metropolitan Medical Associates (24 weeks LMP)
Union/Union City – Jersey GYN Associates (up to 22 weeks LMP)
New York
New York City / Queens – Liberty Women’s Health Care of Queens (24 weeks LMP)
Ohio
Cleveland – Preterm (22 weeks LMP)
Texas
Dallas – Abortion Advantage (up to 24 weeks LMP)
San Antonio – Whole Woman’s Surgical Center (25 weeks LMP)
Wisconsin
Milwaukee – Affiliated Medical Services (22 weeks LMP)
ANSIRH (Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health) at UCSF has created a new web resource on late abortion <http://www.ansirh.org/research/late-abortion.php> . Incorporated into their website, referral information; resources for women, clinicians, and journalists; facts on later abortion; and information on legal issues, women’s experiences with abortion, and ANSIRH’s Second Trimester Abortion Initiative. Please take a look.
Late-Term Abortion in Wanted Pregnancies 