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Thursday, August 23, 2007

Update on Kansas: Some Babies Escape Execution

We may never know for sure. But years’ worth of effort and sacrifice by former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline may well have saved dozens, hundreds, of preborn children from slaughter.

America’s most notorious abortionist, George Tiller, has not been performing late-term abortions at his Wichita killing mill for almost a month. Tiller’s propaganda minister, Julie Burkhart, says the closure has nothing to do with the criminal charges Tiller faces for violating state law. Her claim in a LifeNews.Com story (08.21.07) is that Tiller’s operation was attacked by vandals on July 4th.

But in an extraordinary article also published on the LifeNews site, Phill Kline himself argues that it is the criminal charges he instigated which provide the real explanation:

“So why is Tiller closed?” asks Mr. Kline. “He can’t find another [doctor like] Neuhaus [to serve as a rubber stamp for his abortion certifications].”

Under Kansas Law, no abortions can be performed on late-term babies unless the mother’s life is threatened, or she is likely to suffer a serious, permanent health injury. Tiller has demonstrated no compunction about misusing his medical license to define nearly any emotional condition or life situation as grounds for killing babies brought to him from every state in the Union.

For example, Kline cites one case he reviewed in which a fully-formed baby was killed by Tiller and his mother because she would no longer be able to attend rock concerts. In justifying his actions to the state Department of Health, Tiller wrote that the killing was justified because the woman would suffer “an adjustment disorder” resulting in permanent emotional injury.

But Kansas Law requires that a second doctor concur with these specious judgments. And that is where Tiller has gotten into trouble. It seems he solved that problem by finding a “doctor” who would sign whatever Tiller placed in front of her. She was so reliable, in fact, that Tiller put her on staff as his official “corroborator”.

Tiller has just reopened his clinic, with apparently slower numbers.

We can celebrate the reprieve, however short. Some of those children scheduled for execution, we can reasonably hope, have now been born as a result of the tumult in Tiller’s operation over the past month.

We give thanks to our Lord and to Mr. Kline for his heroic efforts on behalf of the innocent.

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Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Pressure Builds on Kansas Politicians


Late term abortionist George Tiller helped kill 19-year old Christin Gilbert in 2005 by performing a botched late-term abortion at his Wichita, KS death mill. That death has helped focus new scrutiny on a lucrative practice which attracts women and girls from across the country to this once-conservative state.

Complaints were filed at the time of Ms. Gilbert’s death with the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts. Those complaints were set aside by a board controlled by Democrat Governor Kathleen Sebelius – a pro-abortion politician who has received millions in campaign dollars from America’s most notorious abortionist.

Former Attorney General Phill Kline filed another complaint with the medical board last October. In that complaint, Mr. Kline charged that Tiller regularly performs late-term abortions in violation of state law. The KSBHA contends that that complaint is still under investigation.

On Tuesday, Operation Rescue filed additional documents with the board, in an attempt to bolster Kline’s original filing – and to build public pressure on the board to do its duty under the law.

Operation Rescue spokeswoman Cheryl Sullenger pleaded with the medical board: “Tiller and his abortion business create a clear and present danger to viable preborn babies and their mothers. Swift action must be taken to stop further loss of innocent life.”

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