Posted on 12/22/2006 12:23:03 PM PST by indcons
WICHITA, Kan. — Kansas' attorney general, a vocal abortion opponent, charged a well-known abortion provider with illegally performing late-term abortions, but a Sedgwick County judge on Friday threw out the charges after less than a day.
Judge Paul W. Clark dismissed the charges against Tiller after Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston said her office had not been consulted by Kline.
Clark signed his one-page order only hours after Kline's complaint against Tiller was unsealed.
Attorney General Phill Kline's office did not immediately return calls seeking comment. Kline lost his re-election bid in November and leaves office in three weeks.
Most of the 30 misdemeanor counts Kline filed against Dr. George Tiller involve abortions performed on patients 17 or younger, including a 10-year-old, according to the criminal complaint unsealed Friday in Sedgwick County District Court.
Tiller's clinic, known for being one of the few in the country to perform late-term abortions, has been a high-profile target of anti-abortion protesters for decades. The clinic was bombed in 1985, and Tiller was shot in both arms by a protester in 1993.
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.
He waged a two-year legal battle before finally this year obtaining the records of 90 patients from Tiller's Wichita clinic and a clinic operated in Overland Park by Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri.
Since the election, abortion rights activists have expected him to move against Tiller and perhaps Planned Parenthood, as well.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
It's horrifying. George Tiller boasts of killing full-term babies. He photographs them in baby clothes. He has some of them baptized! Then he burns their corpses in his backyard incinerator. And we have FReepers who defend what he does because they are into "personal liberty" or some such nonsense.
"....I further expect that noone from DA Foulston's office will be appearing."
She had frequently been a FNC talking-head lawyer until the BTK Killer case was solved.
Does the EPA know?
An environmental lawsuit is likely the only way to shut down this little Buchenwald.
Being called a "fanatic" by the cheerleaders for those who murder full term babies is a badge of honor.
"Your records can be grabbed "
I thought I read that all identifiers, such as names, addresses, were deleted from these files before they were handed uver????????????????
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Would you please show me what part of the Constitution gives one the right to murder/abort a child in the last part of a pregnancy? What about the very young child that is brought in for an abortion? What is the legal age of consent in KS? 10 years, 12 years old, 13 years old. Could it be that these children were raped and what happened to the rapist? Nothing, that's what. At least, the AG was attempting to right this wrong.
“…The District Court has reviewed the Attorney General’s legal theories and has determined that the Attorney General stands on firm legal ground…The District Court has further determined that relevant evidence is contained in the medical files which may constitute evidence of possible violations of the law…No patient can be identified from the review of any medical file…”. - Response to Petition for Mandamus by Respondent Richard D. Anderson, District Judge, Filed with Kansas Supreme Court Nov. 27, 2006.
Obviously, it wasn't your daughter that was killed.
No, you are an idiot. A late term abortion performed on a 10 year old is evidence of rape that even you should recognize.
If you're involved in a civil case, your records become public or nearly-public pretty darned fast. Abortionists seem to have protections other defendants do not.
Ever since Nov 8 I have sensed a peculiar current on FR--it be interesting to do some research, but I believe there are a lot of seminar guests pretending to be conservative. It'd be a pretty smart move on the part of the liberals--and it'd be some Soros money very well spent.
Disheartening.
Baffles me
Heh. Next time I'm in New York City, I'll tip my hat to the Statue of Nonsense.
Someone needs to dump Judge Paul W. Clark
IMO Bill O'Reilly’s excellent and persistent reporting has been a major factor in the exposure of this hideous human imposter known as Tiller the Killer.
I hope Bill goes after the “judge” who tossed out the charges so quickly. I have no doubt he’s a supporter of the holocaust of abortion.
Last night Bill had on Judge Napolitano to discuss Tiller and today Fox covered the court filing so major Kudos to Bill and Fox News!
We should all send a word of thanks and encouragement to Bill for doing this. The man has done a tremendous service in exposing this most evil crime to the public.
Bill if you read this, God bless you.
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