During the pro-abortion advocate’s campaign to con the people of South Dakota to vote against Referred Law 6, they often pointed to the lack of exception for the health of the mother. In Kansas, we have proof that the health exception is actually a loophole to maintain abortions during the entire nine months of pregnancy. Here is what happened this week in Kansas:
The Kansas Attorney General has filed a motion seeking a review of the abrupt dismissal of a case he's spent several years assembling and that accused late-term abortion specialist George Tiller of 30 criminal violations of the state's abortion restrictions.
It took the district attorney for Sedgwick County, Nola Foulston, only hours yesterday to move that the case be dismissed because she did not approve of the prosecution, and a judge agreed.
Within nine minutes of being notified of that action, Kline told WND, he was trying to reach the Wichita judge to submit his motion for a reconsideration, but he was told the judge already had left the courthouse for the Christmas holiday.
The motion, then, will be waiting on Tuesday when court reopens, said Kline, who clearly was distressed by the dismissal after he had consulted with the local DA, and had had a local judge review and approve the case before it was filed.
Here is what Kline based his charges:
The Kline summary of the case, however, noted the law restricts post viability abortion "unless two doctors find either: a) the mother's life is in jeopardy if the abortion is not performed; or b) 'a continuation of the pregnancy will cause a substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman…'"
Those are the requirements that were not met, the complaint alleged.
"Violating any of the provisions of this act is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail, a $2,500 fine or both," the summary said.
And here is the position of Tiller, the accused abortionist:
"They are absolutely desperate, for whatever reason, to terminate the pregnancy," Tiller said in the 2005 interview. "I will never know in my heart and soul what that [feels like]. But I think it must mean as much to a woman to be told she can't have an abortion as it does for a patient with cancer to be told that nothing can be done for him."
This was said in 2005, and note the "for whatever reason". Here is the reason Tiller listed for one abortion:
The counts cite a number of abortions, such as the July 22, 2003, abortion on a 14-year-old child, patient "072203LM," where Tiller "wrongfully relied on a diagnosis of Anxiety Disorder … or Adjustment Disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood to determine that a continuation of the pregnancy will cause a substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman when such diagnoses do not establish that a continuation of the pregnancy will cause a substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman, in violation of [Kansas law.]" the complaint said.
So we have the abortion industry, with the help of Democrats, use a clearly defined health exception, to perform abortion on demand by simply claiming "Anxiety Disorder".
Here are more details on Foulson, the Democrat district attorney:
Officials with Operation Rescue were horrified to see the developments:
"Foulston has come under criticism by pro-life supporters for refusing to prosecute accusations against Tiller because of her personal friendship with him. It is alleged that she adopted her only son through Tiller, who has stated publicly that he has arranged adoptions in return for political favors," a statement on the Operation Rescue website said.
"This is a classic example of why justice cannot be done in this state because so many officials have ties to George Tiller," said OR President Troy Newman. "Money buys a lot of favors here. This miscarriage of justice must not be allowed to stand. "
Here is how the Democrat handled the issue:
Kline told WND he consulted with Foulston before the filing, but afterwards, this is what she submitted to the court.
"This District Attorney has not invited or requested, consented or acquiesced, or failed to object to the filing of the Complaint. The District Attorney does in fact object to any such filing by the Attorney General as he lacks the legal authority to file such complaint in this jurisdiction," Foulston wrote.
Kline said he even has an e-mail from Foulston acknowledging their discussion about the case."
And now Kline is being threatened by the abortion advocates:
Two lawyers representing Tiller, Lee Thompson and Dan Monnat, held a news conference to confirm the charges, describing them as "technical" violations of Kansas reporting laws. Thompson would not confirm the number of counts, answering only that the case involved a "number of misdemeanors involving a number of patients."
The lawyers also said a summons had been issued to Tiller by a copy being placed in Tiller's door overnight. They said there was no evidence of crimes and promised to hold Kline "personally responsible" for the prosecution.
A short time later, what Kline's office would only describe as a "threat" reached Kline, and, "what we can say is that security has been heightened," a spokesman in his office said.
So clearly the abortion advocates and their Democrat prosecutors consider "technical" violations of law regarding abortion as nothing of concern. And those prosecutors who do decide to enforce the law are personally attacked.
And like South Dakota, the abortion advocates were successfully during the last election cycle (take note of the child rape point that also was used to con South Dakota voters):
Operation Rescue officials said Kline's investigation of abortion clinics for "the concealment of child rape and illegal late-term abortions" was the key to Kline's election defeat in a state with a governor and industry strongly supportive of abortion.
"Kansas has opted to continue the practice of looking the other way when innocent young girls are taken to abortion clinics by their rapists, who are looking to destroy the evidence of their crimes," said Newman after the election. "It has also voted to ignore violations of Kansas law that bans post viability abortions."
Kline also had raised the issue of state statistics from 2003, when there were 78 abortions on girls under the age of 15. In a state where the legal age of consent is 16, how could 78 girls become pregnant and obtain abortions without a single report of sexual assault, or rape, on a child, he wondered.
Kline earlier had confirmed, in an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly, that the medical records indicate late-term abortions that were done for reasons that Kansas law doesn't allow.
But Morrison said during his campaign he would start a domestic violence unit, without any additional expense to the state. "Some of the money that's been used on misplaced priorities could easily fund" the plans, he had told the Lawrence Journal-World.
He cited Kline's investigation of the abortion businesses run by Tiller in Wichita and Planned Parenthood as an example of those "misplaced priorities."
Morrison also got a huge boost in his campaign when a non-profit organization that the newspaper linked to Tiller mailed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of mailings critical of Kline.
The mailings called Kline "Snoop Dog" and were mailed by Kansans for Consumer Privacy Protection, said the newspaper, which noted that group had the same office address as ProKanDo, a political action committee Tiller started and is funding to elect pro-abortion candidates.
A district court judge who ordered the records given to Kline had noted he couldn't realistically be expected to investigate allegations of crime without access to the records that could prove it.
I wonder how well the Kansas media covered those campaign finance issues? For more see this LifeNews report.
