Slog - Comments on Kansas Abortion Provider Charged http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/kansas_abortion_prov Phill Kline, the rabidly anti-abortion attorney general in Kansas, brought charges today against one of that poor state's only abortion providers. One of the charges? That Dr. George Tiller performed an abortion on a ten year-old girl. Yeah, it would be better for everyone if the 10 year-old rape victim had had been forced to go forward with that pregnancy, don't you think? And before you mutter "what's the matter with Kansas" under your breath and scroll on, there's a bright side to this story: Kansas voters turned Kline out of office in November. He has just three weeks left... Copyright 2008 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:34:31 -0800 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:04:54 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gitai Well, it's fucking awful, but the malicious prosecution lawsuit will be fun.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/kansas_abortion_prov#c577685 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/kansas_abortion_prov#c577685 News Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:20:40 -0800 Comment by JJ Feel like sending him hate mail? here's the address.

Office of Attorney General Phill Kline
120 SW 10th Ave., 2nd Floor
Topeka, KS 66612-1597
(785) 296-2215 Telephone
(785) 296-6296 Fax

Communications Office:
Sherriene Jones
(785)296-2219 Telephone
joness@ksag.org

]]> JJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/kansas_abortion_prov#c577693 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/kansas_abortion_prov#c577693 News Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:30:21 -0800 Comment by redux the GA didn't have the authority to pursue the case, and so a judge axed it.

the charges were dropped, and the state voted kline out of office last month.

maybe kansas is progressive?

]]> redux http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/kansas_abortion_prov#c577716 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/kansas_abortion_prov#c577716 News Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:07:17 -0800 Comment by jen Has the state of Kansas made progress in the past four years? Yes. But is Kansas progressive? I think not. They're just finally starting to catch up.

]]> jen http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/kansas_abortion_prov#c577736 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/kansas_abortion_prov#c577736 News Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:31:33 -0800 Comment by ellen But here's the thing (the scary, sad thing): Kline will be replacing current Johnson County district attourney Paul Morrison, who defeated him for the AG job. So he's still going to be active in Kansas lawyering. Johnson County, which is mostly suburban Kansas City and has one of the few abortion providers (Planned Parenthood) in the KC area, is one of the most populous and affluent areas of Kansas. Kline may have been defeated statewide, but he is still going to have a lot of power.

]]> ellen http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/kansas_abortion_prov#c577825 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/kansas_abortion_prov#c577825 News Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:27:07 -0800 Comment by meggo I'm back home in Kansas right now. Kansas is actually fairly moderate. The School Board goes back and forth every term about evolution, the state currently has a democrat governor, and they sometimes pass what we consider progressive issues. This is in spite of it's mostly rural geography and only a couple liberal towns. Compared to the southern states, Kansas has few extreme conservatives, mostly moderate, Lutheran-types. (Not that I would ever move back here, but still.. Midwest red is quite different than Southern red).

]]> meggo http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/kansas_abortion_prov#c577912 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/kansas_abortion_prov#c577912 News Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:05:30 -0800 Comment by Automated Blog Posting This is a great!

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