Murdered Kansas doctor’s abortion clinic sold

Published September 26, 2012 5:29pm ET



TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The shuttered Wichita abortion clinic formerly operated by the late Dr. George Tiller has been bought by an abortion-rights group that intends to reopen it as a family and women’s health center that will offer abortions, among other services, the group’s executive director said Wednesday.

Julie Burkhart said the Wichita-based non-profit group Trust Women Foundation Inc. purchased Tiller’s former clinic in late August. Erin Thompson, an attorney for Tiller’s widow, Jeanne, confirmed the sale.

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