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To: Mamzelle
There is a strong suspicion that abortion mills are not reporting evidence of rape and statutory rape.

Agreed. I think this is rampant.

But it doesn't seem to be the main focus of the investigation in the article...

Kline has been investigating whether Tiller and other abortion providers performed illegal late-term abortions in Kansas or failed to report suspected child abuse as required by law. Earlier this year, he obtained the records of 90 patients from Tiller's clinic and a clinic operated by Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri.

Under Kansas law, if a woman wants to obtain an abortion after the 22nd week of her pregnancy, a doctor must first determine whether the fetus can survive outside the womb. If the fetus is viable, the procedure can be used only to preserve her physical or mental health.

None of the abortions involved a late-term procedure opponents call "partial birth" abortion, Kline said. The charges involve situations in which Tiller cannot demonstrate that a woman faced permanent damage to a major bodily function, or Tiller's conclusion that some patients' mental health would be harmed if they did not have abortions, Kline said.

57 posted on 12/22/2006 7:30:34 PM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: Gondring

"But it doesn't seem to be the main focus of the investigation in the article..."

You are correct about this article, but I live here and all the news I have heard indicates the focus of the records was on pregnant underaged girls and working to identify statutory rape.

I found, elsewhere in this article where the author was flat wrong.


63 posted on 12/22/2006 8:01:38 PM PST by mjaneangels@aolcom
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