On Monday, February 11, 2013 a memorial service was held outside of Leroy Carhart’s abortion clinic in Germantown, MD in remembrance of the 29-year-old woman who was killed from an abortion that Leroy Carhart performed there the week before.
Late-term abortionist Leroy Carhart began the procedure on the 33-week old unborn child Sunday, February 3rd and concluded it Wednesday, February 6th. "State and county officials confirmed that she had visited the abortion clinic and that she died Thursday morning at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital…” (Washington Post, 2/12/13). Her death is being investigated by Maryland authorities.
Organizations, Church leaders, and citizens all gathered to mourn the patient’s death. Representatives of Priests for Life, Alliance Defending Freedom, 40 Days for Life, the Family Research Council, Students for Life, Operation Rescue, Rock for Life, the Christian Defense Coalition, the National Black Pro-Life Union, the Maryland Family Alliance, the Archdiocese of Washington DC, and several local churches and pastors attended. See video of all speakers HERE.