Bellevue, NE (LifeNews.com) -- An Omaha, Nebraska-area late-term abortion center has been closed down almost immediately after re-opening. Late-term abortion practitioner LeRoy Carhart re-opened his abortion business following damage in an accidental fire, but it didn't stay open long.

That's because the repairs on his abortion center have yet to pass a city inspection and he has not obtained an occupancy permit.

As a result, Carhart has been illegally operating in his fire-damaged abortion center, known as the Abortion and Contraception Clinic of Nebraska, since Saturday because city officials had not given him the go-ahead to re-open.

Larry Donlan, the director of a local pro-life group known as Rescue the Heartland, called the City of Bellevue this morning. Officials there confirmed Carhart had no current occupancy permit and that he had been ordered to shut down his abortion business until it would be properly inspected.

He describes the exterior of the building as dilapidated and says it is surrounded by rusted-out vehicles and other junk.

He says women who get abortions are at risk because Carhart is relying on a generator for power with an electrical cord running outside from the generator to the abortion facility to provide electricity. Should it fail, women could be in medical danger.

Donlan says the generator "purred away all morning, making one question if they even had electricity."

"I've often wondered how anyone could patronize such a junk yard posing as a 'health clinic,'" said Donlan.

Meanwhile, Operation Rescue, which has been working with Donlan to expose the problems at Carhart's abortion clinic, chimed in on the latest news.

The pro-life group's president, Troy Newman, said Carhart's flouting of building safety codes is just one example of a widespread mindset amongst abortion practitioners that they are somehow above the law. This mindset is endangering the lives of women, he tells LifeNews.com.

"Can you even imagine what would have happened if that generator had run out of gas? This just goes to show how much contempt Carhart has for the law and for women," Newman said.

"The law is nothing more than words on a paper to him. His belligerent disregard for the law is only surpassed by his disregard for human life," Newman adds.

Newman says the incident goes to show that pro-life advocates must do more to monitor abortion businesses in their back yard.

"It is obvious that pro-lifers are the best watchdogs of the arrogant and out-of-control abortion industry," said Newman. "We encourage other pro-lifers around the nation to carefully watch their local abortionists and report illegal activity to the appropriate authorities. We congratulate Mr. Donlan for his vigilance and pray that Carhart's closure will result in the saving of many innocent human lives."

Meanwhile, Operation Rescue spokesperson Cheryl Sullenger tells LifeNews.com that Carhart has close ties to pro-abortion Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Carhart and his wife, Mary Lou, attended a secret party Sebelius hosted at the governor's mansion in April 2007.

Sullenger has her doubts about Carhart's abortion business.

"It is doubtful that Carhart could have opened with the proper permits, and may have been operating illegally," she said. "We can only assume that if Carhart's friend, Gov. Sebelius, is placed in charge of our nation's health care, that we will see an increase in horrific conditions throughout the abortion industry."

She criticizes Sebelius for opposing or vetoing several bills in Kansas that would have provided minimum safety standards for abortion facilities and would have forced them to clean up or close.

Former abortion clinic employees who have worked with Carhart at Tiller's late-term abortion business in Wichita, Kansas, have told Operation Rescue that he has a reputation for sloppy personal and professional habits, and for laziness, which shows in his Bellevue abortion building.

Donlan says local pro-life advocates are reaching out with help to women who go to Carhart's abortion center and reported one woman on Saturday changed her mind about her scheduled abortion thanks to their help.

Last month, the electrician working on Carhart's fire repairs quit on moral grounds after he was informed by pro-lifers that he was enabling Carhart to continue to do abortions.

The Nebraska-based center is one of the few in the nation to do late-term abortions and Carhart's name became famous when the Supreme Court ruled for him against a partial-birth abortion ban.

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