Olathe ? Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline is questioning whether Planned Parenthood altered patient records before turning them over to a judge as part of an earlier criminal investigation.

The allegations arose Wednesday during a court hearing as Kline argued for disqualifying two attorneys who are representing Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri in its current criminal case on abortion-related charges.

Kline intended to call lawyers Pedro Irigonegaray and Robert Eye as witnesses. But his motion to have the attorneys barred from the case was denied by Judge Stephen R. Tatum.

Prosecutors allege that Planned Parenthood’s Overland Park clinic performed unlawful late-term abortions and kept inadequate records.

Planned Parenthood officials and their attorneys said allegations about the records possibly being altered are false.

“Our client denies any wrongdoing,” Irigonegaray said after Wednesday’s hearing. “We were very disturbed by Mr. Kline’s efforts to put on the record information that’s not only erroneous but without any basis in fact.”

Kline based his records allegations on testimony that Shawnee County District Judge Richard Anderson gave Wednesday. Anderson is the judge who at Kline’s request subpoenaed the records in 2004 after Kline – then Kansas attorney general – began his initial Planned Parenthood investigation.

Anderson testified that records he eventually received from Planned Parenthood in 2006 – after the agency fought the subpoenas – did not match the original records. Anderson said the questionable records were the same ones that current Attorney General Paul Morrison reviewed when he cleared Planned Parenthood of wrongdoing last year.

Based on that, Anderson said he does not believe Morrison should have issued his letter clearing the agency.

Planned Parenthood has repeatedly pointed to Morrison’s letter as proof that Kline’s charges are baseless.

A spokeswoman for Morrison, an abortion rights Democrat, could not be reached for comment Wednesday.

Kline, an anti-abortion Republican who has been accused of bringing his politics into the courtroom, filed a 107-count criminal complaint against Planned Parenthood in October. The complaint consists of 23 felonies and 84 misdemeanors, alleging unlawful late-term abortions and inadequate record keeping at Planned Parenthood’s Comprehensive Health clinic in Overland Park.

Kline and Morrison have clashed over the Planned Parenthood allegations. A lawsuit before the Kansas Supreme Court involves the two politicians and Planned Parenthood, but those involved have not discussed the case and the documents are sealed.

Morrison was Johnson County district attorney before switching parties and, as a Democrat, beating Kline for the attorney general’s job in 2006. Republicans in Johnson County picked Kline to replace Morrison in the county job.

In December, Morrison acknowledged having an extramarital affair with a former subordinate in the district attorney’s office. She also accused him of harassment and trying to get her to provide sensitive information on Kline’s activities, including his investigation of Planned Parenthood.

Morrison has denied the allegations of professional misconduct, but he plans to step down as attorney general Jan. 31. Kline has said he will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Morrison’s conduct.