Kline’s case against abortion doctor finished: UPDATED
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Topeka — Former Attorney General Phill Kline’s attempt to prosecute the state’s most visible abortion provider, already stymied by his re-election loss, is now officially over, thanks to his successor.
When Kline, a Republican who opposes abortion, left office Jan. 8, the Kansas Supreme Court had been asked to reinstate 30 misdemeanor charges Kline had filed against Dr. George Tiller, who operates a Wichita clinic.
Tiller is among a few doctors in the nation who perform late-term abortions, and Kline alleged he violated restrictions on those procedures.
Morrison, a Democrat who supports abortion rights, asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the request, and the court did Tuesday.
Chief Justice Kay McFarland wrote “granted” on the one-page document Morrison’s office had filed.
The court offered no explanation, though a dismissal is routine when someone no longer wants to pursue a case.
Via Lawrence Journal World.
God has other plans for Tiller right now. He is still hard at work killing babies and destroying women's lives, but there are still babies and moms who are being saved by dedicated pro-life warriors. (more to come on this).
2- 15- 07 UPDATE FROM WORLDNETDAILY:
On the request of several leaders of other pro-life organizations, members of Kansas' delegation to Congress have promised to look into the situation.
Rev. Pat Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition in Washington, D.C., and Gary Cass, executive director of Coral Ridge Ministries' Center for Reclaiming America, report they met with members of the Kansas delegation, including Sen. Sam Brownback, Rep. Todd Tiahart and staff members from the office of Sen. Pat Roberts.
They were seeking a federal inquiry into the "lack of willingness by certain Kansas officials to uphold Kansas laws," a circumstance that has placed women's civil rights "at serious risk and jeopardy."
"We have met with members of the Kansas congressional delegation and have gone to the Department of Justice because we are seriously concerned that there may be massive violations of the civil rights of women occurring in Kansas," Mahoney said.
"District Attorney Foulston's unwillingness to prosecute Tiller, in spite of overwhelming evidence that probable cause exists, is reminiscent of southern prosecutors who turned their backs on the civil rights violations of African Americans during the 1940s and 50s," he continued. "Women who travel from all over the country to use the services of George Tiller need to know that if they experience unlawful treatment, their civil rights will be upheld."
Mahoney and Cass both expressed concerns to the delegation that the prosecutor's unwillingness to allow the charges, whose merits never have been challenged, to be processed in court puts "the civil rights of women" in danger.
"We have exhausted all state remedies in this," said Cass. "Political campaign documents have established that the parties in this case are interrelated through a series of campaign contributions. Because of this, the unwillingness of the district attorney and the new attorney general to act in this matter creates a real appearance of impropriety. For the sake of justice and the protection of women, there appears no other option but to ask for federal intervention."
The leaders said they got assurances their concerns would be reviewed.
Newman said his review of the public records and other materials convinces him that "the state has a strong and compelling case that Tiller has indeed committed illegal abortions on viable babies in violation of Kansas law."
"Innocent lives continue to be at risk, along with the civil rights of women," said Newman. "Since local authorities refuse to enforce the law, federal intervention is necessary to preserve the rule of law and the lives of innocent children, which the law was enacted to protect."
WND has reported on the considerable problems that could be created for abortion businesses if they are in any way found to be violating state laws governing the abortion industry: they could lose all access to federal funding and may even have to repay what they got in earlier years.
And Newman noted the "smoking gun" in the situation is that a former Tiller business associate, Ann Kristen Neuhaus, had been listed as a witness for the prosecution. "She was the person signing off on these abortions," he noted.
To read the entire post at WorldNetDaily, go here.
Topeka — Former Attorney General Phill Kline’s attempt to prosecute the state’s most visible abortion provider, already stymied by his re-election loss, is now officially over, thanks to his successor.
When Kline, a Republican who opposes abortion, left office Jan. 8, the Kansas Supreme Court had been asked to reinstate 30 misdemeanor charges Kline had filed against Dr. George Tiller, who operates a Wichita clinic.
Tiller is among a few doctors in the nation who perform late-term abortions, and Kline alleged he violated restrictions on those procedures.
Morrison, a Democrat who supports abortion rights, asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the request, and the court did Tuesday.
Chief Justice Kay McFarland wrote “granted” on the one-page document Morrison’s office had filed.
The court offered no explanation, though a dismissal is routine when someone no longer wants to pursue a case.
Via Lawrence Journal World.
God has other plans for Tiller right now. He is still hard at work killing babies and destroying women's lives, but there are still babies and moms who are being saved by dedicated pro-life warriors. (more to come on this).
2- 15- 07 UPDATE FROM WORLDNETDAILY:
On the request of several leaders of other pro-life organizations, members of Kansas' delegation to Congress have promised to look into the situation.
Rev. Pat Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition in Washington, D.C., and Gary Cass, executive director of Coral Ridge Ministries' Center for Reclaiming America, report they met with members of the Kansas delegation, including Sen. Sam Brownback, Rep. Todd Tiahart and staff members from the office of Sen. Pat Roberts.
They were seeking a federal inquiry into the "lack of willingness by certain Kansas officials to uphold Kansas laws," a circumstance that has placed women's civil rights "at serious risk and jeopardy."
"We have met with members of the Kansas congressional delegation and have gone to the Department of Justice because we are seriously concerned that there may be massive violations of the civil rights of women occurring in Kansas," Mahoney said.
"District Attorney Foulston's unwillingness to prosecute Tiller, in spite of overwhelming evidence that probable cause exists, is reminiscent of southern prosecutors who turned their backs on the civil rights violations of African Americans during the 1940s and 50s," he continued. "Women who travel from all over the country to use the services of George Tiller need to know that if they experience unlawful treatment, their civil rights will be upheld."
Mahoney and Cass both expressed concerns to the delegation that the prosecutor's unwillingness to allow the charges, whose merits never have been challenged, to be processed in court puts "the civil rights of women" in danger.
"We have exhausted all state remedies in this," said Cass. "Political campaign documents have established that the parties in this case are interrelated through a series of campaign contributions. Because of this, the unwillingness of the district attorney and the new attorney general to act in this matter creates a real appearance of impropriety. For the sake of justice and the protection of women, there appears no other option but to ask for federal intervention."
The leaders said they got assurances their concerns would be reviewed.
Newman said his review of the public records and other materials convinces him that "the state has a strong and compelling case that Tiller has indeed committed illegal abortions on viable babies in violation of Kansas law."
"Innocent lives continue to be at risk, along with the civil rights of women," said Newman. "Since local authorities refuse to enforce the law, federal intervention is necessary to preserve the rule of law and the lives of innocent children, which the law was enacted to protect."
WND has reported on the considerable problems that could be created for abortion businesses if they are in any way found to be violating state laws governing the abortion industry: they could lose all access to federal funding and may even have to repay what they got in earlier years.
And Newman noted the "smoking gun" in the situation is that a former Tiller business associate, Ann Kristen Neuhaus, had been listed as a witness for the prosecution. "She was the person signing off on these abortions," he noted.
To read the entire post at WorldNetDaily, go here.
Teflon Tiller will learn one day that God can't be bought.
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This is so far beyond disgusting. There are actually people in the world insisting that Tiller must be innocent, since he's managed to escape any accountability. After all, they say, if he'd done wrong, he'd have been slapped down by the authorities. The fact that they're bought and paid for by George Tiller and ProKanDo escapes them.
There are none so blind....
Well said. This entire situation is so outrageous and bizarre it is almost unbelievable that anyone can have so much power, but God has the victory and the last word on this one.
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