Warren Hern
Encyclopedia
Warren Martin Hern is an American physician best known for performing late-term abortions.. In 1973, he founded Boulder Abortion Clinic in Boulder, Colorado
. Hern was a founding member of the National Abortion Federation
, and authored Abortion Practice, a comprehensive text on operating and evaluating abortion facilities.
, and after his position was eliminated, Hern entered into private practice, creating the Boulder Abortion Clinic in 1975.
Hern also works as a volunteer providing medical care to the Shipibo tribe in Peru
.
He has expressed outrage over the May 31, 2009 killing of George Tiller
, a doctor who offered similar services, in Wichita. In the aftermath of Tiller's murder, Hern's clinic has continued to receive threats.
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of...
. Hern was a founding member of the National Abortion Federation
National Abortion Federation
The National Abortion Federation is an organization of abortion providers. Though originally a U.S. group, NAF has expanded to include practitioners in Canada and Australia as well as many European countries and Mexico...
, and authored Abortion Practice, a comprehensive text on operating and evaluating abortion facilities.
Background
In 1973, Hern was asked to help found a private, non-profit abortion clinic in Boulder, ColoradoBoulder, Colorado
Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of...
, and after his position was eliminated, Hern entered into private practice, creating the Boulder Abortion Clinic in 1975.
Hern also works as a volunteer providing medical care to the Shipibo tribe in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
.
He has expressed outrage over the May 31, 2009 killing of George Tiller
George Tiller
George Richard Tiller, MD was an American physician from Wichita, Kansas. He was the medical director of a clinic in Wichita, Women's Health Care Services, one of only three nationwide which provided abortions after the 21st week of pregnancy .Pro-life group Operation Rescue kept a daily vigil...
, a doctor who offered similar services, in Wichita. In the aftermath of Tiller's murder, Hern's clinic has continued to receive threats.
External links
- Biography of Warren Hern, M.D. at Boulder Abortion Clinic website
- Did I Violate the Partial Birth Abortion Ban? by Warren Hern, Slate, Oct. 22, 2003.
- The Last Abortion Doctor by John H. Richardson, "Esquire" Aug. 5, 2009.