Monday, May 19, 2008

FROM OPERATION RESCUE:

News Story Shows Planned Parenthood Prosecution In Jeopardy
May 19th, 2008
An excellent article from the Associated Press was published on Sunday in the Topeka Capital-Journal concerning District Attorney Phill Kline's attempts to prosecute Planned Parenthood. We have posted the article below in its entirety for your convenience.
For those of you who may not be following this story closely, or are just becoming aware, please CLICK HERE to listen to a brief audio clip (2:48) that will fill you in on the background of this increasingly complex case.
At 9:00 AM on Wednesday, the Judge Tatum will rule whether or not to delay this case until the KS Supreme Court decided it if will take the evidence upon which this case is built away from the prosecutor, who is attempting to enforce Kansas law.
If you believe, as we do, that justice is being thwarted in the prosecution of Planned Parenthood, please contact Judge Tatum and demand that he allow this case to proceed with out further impediment.
Judge Stephen Tatum
913-715-3790
(This number will reach Tatum's administrative assistant Kristie Hudson, with whom you can leave your message.)
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Dispute threatens Kline's case
The Associated Press
Published Sunday, May 18, 2008

An extraordinary legal fight over patients' medical records has prompted the Kansas Supreme Court to prevent a key witness from appearing in a criminal case against an abortion clinic.

In an added twist, the witness is a lower court judge who once supervised prosecutor Phill Kline's investigation of the clinic, operated by Planned Parenthood in suburban Kansas City, Kan. Also, the state's attorney general has sided with the clinic in its records dispute against Kline.

The dispute threatens to delay Kline's prosecution of the clinic on 107 criminal charges, including falsifying records and performing illegal late-term abortions. A hearing is scheduled for May 27 and 28 to determine whether the case goes to trial in Johnson County, but the clinic hopes to delay the case until the Supreme Court settles questions about the records.
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