2K foetal remains found at doc’s home
Joliet (Illinois, US), Sept. 15: More than 2,000 medically preserved foetal remains have been found at the Illinois home of a former Indiana abortion clinic doctor who died last week, authorities said.
The Will County Sheriff's Office said in a news release late Friday that an attorney for Dr Ulrich Klopfer's family contacted the coroner's office Thursday about possible foetal remains being found at the home in an unincorporated part of Will County in northeastern Illinois. The sheriff's office said authorities found 2,246 preserved fetal remains but there's no evidence medical procedures were performed at the home.
The coroner's office took possession of the remains. An investigation is underway. A message left Saturday seeking additional comment on the discovery was not returned by the Will County Sheriff's Office investigations department.
Klopfer, who died September 3, was a longtime doctor at an abortion clinic in South Bend, Indiana.
It closed after the state revoked the clinic's license in 2015.
The Indiana State Department of Health had previously issued complaints against the clinic, accusing it of lacking a registry of patients, policies regarding medical abortion, and a governing body to determine policies.
The state agency also accused the clinic of failing to document that patients get state-mandated education at least 18 hours before an abortion.