TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court today dismissed a request from two clinics to take control of Atty. Gen. Phill Kline's abortion investigation.
Without comment, the court dismissed the action.
One day before the Nov. 7 election, the clinics asked the court to take over the investigation and appoint a special prosecutor to look into an alleged leak surrounding medical records.
Kline, an ardent opponent of abortion, had said the clinic's legal request was frivolous.
Kline lost his re-election bid to Democrat Paul Morrison in a campaign dominated by the fight over the medical records.
For two years, Kline has battled clinics operated by Planned Parenthood in Overland Park and by Dr. George Tiller, a late-term abortion specialist in Wichita.
Kline sought through a lower court the records of 90 women and girls from the clinics, alleging possible sexual crimes against minors and illegal late-term abortions.
The Kansas Supreme Court allowed the subpoena of records provided that the identities of the patients was redacted.
Kline received the records Oct. 24.
Several days later, he appeared on "The O'Reilly Factor" television show to talk about the case.
During the show, Bill O'Reilly said he had information that the records showed many of the late-term abortions, which he called "executing babies," were granted for depression.
Kline said he has no idea where O'Reilly allegedly got his information.
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Centrist (anonymous) says…
"" During the show, Bill O'Reilly said he had information that the records showed many of the late-term abortions, which he called "executing babies," were granted for depression.
Kline said he has no idea where O'Reilly allegedly got his information. ""
Anyone who watches O'Reilly and actually listens to the man has serious issues. This just proves that he will bend the truth to get ratings (or sell his pathetic book).
It's time for extremists from all sides to GO !!
When you watch fox / cnn / msnbc / cbs or whomever, remember ..... it's "entertainment", not "reality". Not a one of them tells the absolute truth without some opinion or "spin". It's called "packaging", folks ..
When are we going to wake up from our intuitive slumber?
KS (anonymous) says…
Centrist - And just where do you propose we get our news, if not from FOX, etc. Frankly, I trust FOX over any of the "alphabets" for something fair.
Machiavelli_mania (anonymous) says…
KS,
Some people seem to trust the wrong people.
Get your news from the internet, the pull media, as opposed to the push media.
At least that way, you control as much fact and spin as your mentality can tolerate.
Machiavelli_mania (anonymous) says…
Abortions are far more humane than this:
Pregnant women are urged to avoid Paxil
Thu Nov 30, 10:55 am et
washington - Pregnant women and those who plan to become pregnant should avoid taking the antidepressant Paxil if possible because of the risk of birth defects, a group of obstetricians said Thursday.
The opinion issued by the obstetric practice committee of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists comes nearly a year after the
Food and Drug Administration and manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline reclassified the drug to reflect studies in pregnant women that showed the drug poses a risk to the fetus.
Two studies of pregnant women who were taking Paxil during their first trimester have shown that their babies have heart defects at a rate that is as much as twice the norm, the FDA said at the time.
KS (anonymous) says…
Machiavelli_mania
"Some people seem to trust the wrong people.
Get your news from the internet, the pull media, as opposed to the push media.
At least that way, you control as much fact and spin as your mentality can tolerate."
Are you suggesting that everything you find on the internet is true? Are you also suggesting that I can't control fact and spin by watching a cable news program when I have the ability to turn it on or off? I make it a point to get my news and facts from various sources, including FOX and God forbid, yes sometimes from CNN.
I think YOU are putting "too" much trust into the wrong people! Widen your horizons and turn on cable. You just might learn something.
Porter (anonymous) says…
This morning's Roger Ailes memo told me that I like Fox News too...
If you don't get that joke, you need to watch something else instead of Fox, listen to something else instead of Rush, and read something else instead of Coulter.
KS (anonymous) says…
Don't read Coulter. Rarely listen to Limbaugh. Serf the net and listen to cable tv news, a lot. I read at least a minimum of 6 newspapers on line daily, as well. I think I get my info from quite a variety of sources. I still like FOX. They present sides the other can't or refuse to even think about.
Porter (anonymous) says…
I can respect that you get your news from several sources.
But how can you take Fox seriously when it was just proven that their "news" is directed every morning? When someone finds similar memos implicating the alphabit newscasts (or CNN for that matter), then I'll spend more time watching Fox. Right now, I can't help but feel like it's the professional wrestling of newscasts.
I also have a problem with the idea that they're presenting "sides" that the other newscasts are not. That's the heart of the issue. I want facts in my news, not sides to the story. Fox can show editorialists 24 hrs a day and I'm fine with it. It becomes a problem when the editorial is presented as a newscast. Call it "Our Opinion", not "Fair and Balanced".