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Legislators Want Deceased, Former Indiana Doctor Investigated After Fetal Remains Found

Courtesy of WNDU-TV

State legislators want the attorney general to investigate a former Indiana doctor after thousands of preserved fetal remains were discovered on his property in Illinois.

The physician, who died earlier this month, practiced in Gary, South Bend and Fort Wayne.

Ulrich Klopfer performed abortions at clinics in Indiana for years. But his license was suspended in 2016, in part because he failed to report in a timely manner abortions he performed on two girls under 14 years of age.

Will County, Illinois, police report his family, looking through his home in northern Illinois, discovered more than 2,000 medically preserved fetuses.

A group of state legislators – Rep. Ron Bacon (R-Chandler), Rep. Liz Brown (R-Fort Wayne), Rep. Christy Stutzman (R-Goshen) and Rep. Denny Zent (R-Angola) – want the attorney general’s office to investigate whether some of those fetal remains were illegally transported from Indiana.

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Brandon Smith is excited to be working for public radio in Indiana. He has previously worked in public radio as a reporter and anchor in mid-Missouri for KBIA Radio out of Columbia. Prior to that, he worked for WSPY Radio in Plano, Illinois as a show host, reporter, producer and anchor. His first job in radio was in another state capitol, in Jefferson City, Missouri, as a reporter for three radio stations around Missouri. Brandon graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor of Journalism in 2010, with minors in political science and history. He was born and raised in Chicago.