Topeka ? Atty. Gen. Phill Kline today said that his investigation into two abortion clinics is based on allegations of child rape and criminal late-term abortion.

“The issue in this case is whether abortion clinics are above the law,” Kline said during a news conference.

Kline has launched an investigation — legally called an “inquisition” — into the two unnamed clinics.

In a closed hearing, a Shawnee County judge ordered in October that the clinic produce records of nearly 90 women and girls who received abortions.

“The relevant crimes involved include child rape and criminal late term abortion,” Kline said.

The inquisition came to light when attorneys for the clinics filed a public brief the Kansas Supreme Court, seeking a stop to the lower court’s order.

Today, Kline filed his response.

Kline blasted the clinics for trying to block access to the records.

In their legal brief, the clinics said Kline, who is staunchly anti-abortion, was on a “fishing expedition” and would invade the patients rights to privacy.