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Posted on 12/28/2007 11:07:34 AM PST by wagglebee
TOPEKA, Kans., Dec. 28 /Christian Newswire/ -- Operation Rescue is calling for radical reform of the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts amid scandals involving Board ineptitude in the handling of complaints against a doctor indicted on Federal charges of unlawfully prescribing medication that may have led to 56 overdose deaths and an abortionist charged with multiple counts of violating state laws.
Thursday, the KSBHA recommended that the medical license of Stephen Schneider be suspended since his "continuation in practice constitutes an imminent danger to the public health and safety." However that recommendation has no timetable for implementation. The Schneider complaint languished at the KSBHA since 2004. The recommendation was issued only after headlines revealed the Federal charges, spurring outrage from legislators over the KSBHA's glacial pace of operation.
Complaints against abortionist George Tiller, filed in October, 2006, have yet to see action even though Operation Rescue was notified in September that the case was scheduled to go before a "review board." Tiller was charged with 30 criminal counts related to illegal late-term abortions last December, which were dismissed without being considered on their merits. Two judges ruled there was probable cause to believe Tiller committed those crimes. In June, Tiller was charged with an additional 19 counts of illegal late-term abortions and faces a grand jury investigation slated to begin on January 8. Meanwhile, Tiller continues to operate without restriction.
"Late-term babies continue to die at Tiller's abortion clinic in spite of laws that should protect them. The charges in both cases should have prompted suspension of licenses long ago," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "The system is broken. It seems only public embarrassment can prompt any action out of them. The only way to insure public safety is for a massive overhaul of the Board. We pledge to work with legislators to get this done."
Operation Rescue calls on the Kansas Legislature to implement the following reforms:
1. The immediate firing of KSBHA Executive Director Larry Burning and Chief Counsel Mark Stafford, who have made endless excuses for Board ineptitude but done nothing but perpetuate the problems.
2. Removal of the appointment process from the governor and mandate that future appointments to the KSBHA to be made by a joint legislative committee to avoid cronyism, which has characterized past appointments and created an unsafe medical environment in Kansas.
3. Overhaul the complaint process to include deadlines for various stages of the process, more frequent meetings, more interconnectedness between the KSBHA and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and a broadening of the Board's ability to independently investigate suspected problems in the medical community.
About Operation Rescue Operation Rescue is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist organizations in the nation. Operation Rescue recently made headlines when it bought and closed an abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas and has become the voice of the pro-life activist movement in America. Its activities are on the cutting edge of the abortion issue, taking direct action to restore legal personhood to the pre-born and stop abortion in obedience to biblical mandates.
However, Tiller has given piles of money to Democrats and they are committed to helping him continue his infanticide.
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I have been supporting Operation Rescue for a long, long time.
They have done a standup job to help turn the tide of death in our country. And unlike some of our cowardly or corrupt politicians, they are winning the battle.
They deserve nearly all the credit for Tiller’s indictment.
If we would pass a law stating that planned parenthood may not charge for abortions and physicians may not be paid for performing abortions - I think we would see an instant decrease in abortions.
It would certainly get rid of abortions as a birth control method.
Now there is a new idea to stop the killing.
A five minute “procedure” on the house for those “medical personnel” that believe in “Choice”!!!
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