Refusal to fully investigate is a slap in the face to the 6,400 voters who requested the investigation of illegal abortions and other crimes

Olathe, KS – A citizen-called grand jury that was empanelled to investigate a Planned Parenthood in Overland Park, Kansas, on seven allegations of criminal misconduct disbanded late Monday without issuing an indictment after unanimously withdrawing the only subpoena they issued in the so-called investigation.

The proceedings were tainted by misconduct on the parts of the Judge Kevin Moriarty and special prosecutors, that included improper backroom deals cut with Planned Parenthood attorneys that denied critical evidence to the grand jury as a whole. The secrecy of the grand jury was compromised at every turn.

“The people of Johnson County should be offended that the grand jury made such a mockery of this investigation,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman “There is no way that they could have possibly investigated all seven allegations that the voters empanelled them to investigate without inspecting any documents from Planned Parenthood.”

“It’s shocking that Planned Parenthood was allowed to direct their own investigation and dictate to the grand jury what evidence would be provided, and even how they would be allowed to view the evidence,” said Newman. “The entire process was corrupted, and Judge Moriarty is responsible for that corruption. We are considering the possibility of filing ethics charges against him.”

Moriarty refused to allow members of the grand jury to inspect 16 subpoenaed abortion records that had already had all patient-identifying information redacted, citing bogus privacy concerns. Instead, he personally took custody of the records and prepared a “spreadsheet” summary of information in the records. The grand jury was not allowed to view the evidence in context.

The L.I.F.E. Coalition, consisting of Operation Rescue, Concerned Women for America, and Women Influencing the Nation, led the petition process that convened the grand jury. The petition requested an investigation of Planned Parenthood for performing illegal late term abortions, failure to report child sex abuse, failure to provide legally mandated standard of care, filing false information with the state, illegal trafficking of fetal tissue, failure to comply with parental consent requirements, and the failure to enforce the required 24 hour waiting period.

“There’s no way the public can take the conclusion of this grand jury seriously. We are considering our legal options to insure that true justice is done,” said Newman.

Planned Parenthood still faces 107 criminal charges filed by the District Attorney’s office in October of last year.

Meanwhile, late-term babies continue to die in spite of post-viability abortion ban

Topeka, KS – The Kansas Supreme Court has further delayed the release of evidence to a grand jury investigating late-term abortionist George R. Tiller pending oral arguments scheduled to be heard on April 8, 2008.

The Court consolidated motions filed by Tiller, Attorney General Stephen Six, and the Center for Reproductive Rights that each requested that the Court toss out subpoenas for late-term abortion records issued by a citizen-called grand jury, citing privacy concerns.

The grand jury initially issued subpoenas for 2,000 late-term abortion records, but the judge amended the request to 50 records chosen at random for each of the past five years.

“The Supreme Court holding oral arguments in this nonsensical case is just a delay tactic. There is no rational reason to believe anyone’s privacy is in any way compromised by the subpoenas, since the subpoenas request that all patient-identifying information be redacted,” said Operation rescue President Troy Newman. “Tiller’s cronies are hoping that this grand jury wearies of their task, gives up, and goes away. In the meantime, babies that Kansas law was enacted to protect continue to die and Tiller has more time to tamper with the evidence.”

“Tiller’s massive campaign contributions to pro-abort politicians have corrupted the governmental system in Kansas to the extent that justice has become for sale. Many of the Supreme Court justices and the Attorney General have been appointed by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who became governor due to hundreds of thousands of dollars given to her election effort by Tiller. Abortion politics in Kansas has devolved into a crooked arrangement where Tiller and his campaign money must be protected at any cost.”

“Now that we know that in Kansas justice goes to the highest bidder, how much would it cost to convict Tiller?” asked Newman.

Wichita, KS – Operation Rescue filed two motions in Sedgwick County District Court late today to block District Attorney Nola Foulston and disgraced Attorney General Paul Morrison from participating in a grand jury set to convene tomorrow to investigate late-term abortionist George R. Tiller.

“We are seeking to intervene to insure that the will of the 7,500 citizens of Sedgwick County who demanded the grand jury is respected, and that the integrity of this grand jury remains intact,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman, who filed the motions along with Mark Geitzen, who represents the petition signers.

Kansas allows for citizens to petition the courts for grand jury investigations. The petition that was approved to convene the Tiller grand jury included a clause that demanded that neither Foulston nor Attorney General Paul Morrison, both supporters of abortion, be allowed to participate in this grand jury because of their ties to Tiller.

Morrison has since resigned as Attorney General amid accusations that he attempted to use a former employee, with whom he was sexually involved, to gather information about a previous Tiller prosecution and other abortion cases for the purpose of illegally influencing them.

“It has become obvious that the Attorney General’s office is tainted with the appearance, at least, of impropriety. The District Attorney’s office, which has repeatedly acquiesced to Morrison in matters pertaining to Tiller, is now also tainted by that bad judgment and the appearance of collusion,” Newman said.

“This is an eleventh-hour, last-ditch effort to insure that there is no hanky-panky with this grand jury,” said Newman. “We are asking for an investigation into illegal late-term abortions on viable babies. If criminal abortions are taking place, it means innocent lives are being taken that should have instead been protected. That is a very serious matter - one literally of life and death. As long as Foulston remains at the helm of this investigation, we cannot have any confidence in the process.”

Operation Rescue will conduct a public prayer for justice at 9 AM on Tuesday, January 8, 2008, outside the Sedgwick County Courthouse where the grand jury is set to convene for the first time.

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Research into potential candidates shows that may be harder than it sounds

Topeka, KS – Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, an avid supporter of radical abortion policy, must now appoint a replacement for disgraced Attorney General Paul Morrison, who resigned on Friday amid a growing scandal involving illicit sex and allegations of illegal interference in abortion criminal cases.

But Sebelius’ record of poor judgment regarding political appointments, and a list of possible replacements that are all firmly in the pocket of the abortion cartel casts doubt on whether Sebelius is even capable of leading the state out of the current corruption crisis.

Operation Rescue is adamant that the new Attorney General must not have ties to abortionists or their campaign contributions in order to insure the integrity of ongoing criminal cases and investigations.

“Justice cannot tolerate the appointment of an Attorney General whose puppet-strings are held by the abortionists currently under indictment and criminal investigations. Sebelius has exhibited poor judgment in the past. After all, she personally recruited Morrison. She even recently appointed one of George Tiller’s lawyers to the Kansas Sentencing Commission while a political contribution he made was under investigation by the Ethics Commission,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “The next Attorney General must be untainted by the abortion cartel in order to restore public confidence, which has been shattered by the Morrison sex and abortion corruption scandal.”

But finding a Democratic replacement without ties to abortionists may not be so easy. Most of the possible candidates mentioned in the media are heavily tainted with connections to the abortion cartel, especially George R. Tiller of Wichita. Any one of their appointments would only continue suspicions that Democrats are attempting to interfere with abortion prosecutions in order to protect one of their main sources of campaign funding.

Names currently mentioned in the media as being under possible consideration include:

Planned Parenthood grand jury to convene today as revelations surface of AG’s efforts to use his mistress to protect them

Topeka, KS – Kansas was rocked Sunday morning as sordid details of a sex scandal involving Attorney General Paul Morrison surfaced, and how he attempted to use that illicit sexual relationship to impede a political rival’s ongoing criminal investigations against a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic and late-term abortionist George R. Tiller.

In investigative report published in the Topeka Capital-Journal details a two-year sexual relationship between Morrison and Linda Carter, a former administrator in the Johnson County District Attorney’s office where Morrison worked prior to taking office as Attorney General in January. Morrison allegedly attempted to coerce Carter into spying on District Attorney Phill Kline’s abortion investigations, and asked her to share with him sensitive information about the cases.

According to the article, “Carter said in a signed statement that Morrison pressured her to make use of her position in the D.A.’s office to influence pending litigation involving Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline.”

“This is not just about sex and abortion. This is about corruption manifested in the perverted use of sex and power for political advantage,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “Morrison’s obsessive desire to derail Kline’s investigations through the sleaziest of means indicates not only critically impaired judgment, but conduct that is absolutely unethical, immoral, and intolerable for a state’s ‘Top Cop.’ The integrity of the office has been destroyed.”

“Operation Rescue has long questioned Morrison’s ability uphold Kansas abortion laws, and has in the past called for him to step down. Now, in light of this new sex and abortion corruption scandal, we renew our demand for his immediate resignation,” said Newman.

Morrison refused to file charges against Planned Parenthood in June. Kline, later filed 107 criminal charges against the abortion clinic, including 23 felony counts. A citizen-called grand jury is scheduled to begin further investigations into Planned Parenthood’s alleged criminal activity today.

To further illustrate Morrison’s fixation over shielding Planned Parenthood, Morrison joined on their side in a sealed Mandamus action before the Kansas Supreme Court. The abortion clinic’s suit against Kline involves abortion records, which are the basis for the current criminal charges. Kline moved to unseal the case on Thursday.

During the campaign last year, another woman came forward and told reporters how Morrison attempted to initiate a similar sexual relationship with her. Her rebuffs resulted in her being forced from her job.

“We have to wonder, given Morrison’s pattern of sexual indiscretions, if there isn’t a receipt at these abortion clinics with his name on it that he didn’t want discovered by political rivals. That would certainly explain his willingness to go to any lengths to derail the investigations,” Newman said.

Read the Topeka Capital-Journal article.

Wichita, KS – Attorney General Paul Morrison has announced that he is filing 19 misdemeanor charges against late-term abortionist George R. Tiller because he used a second physician that was not financially or legally unassociated with him, as required by law.

Tiller is scheduled to appear for arraignment on August 7 at 10:30 AM in Sedgwick County District Court in Wichita.

Operation Rescue has been reporting since August, 2006, that they suspected that Tiller’s association with Dr. Ann Kristen Neuhaus was an illegal one. Neuhaus was listed as a witness when Former Attorney General Phill Kline filed 30 criminal charges against Tiller last December. Those charges were dismissed on shaky jurisdictional grounds.

In his announcement, Morrison trivialized the murder of late-term children by calling the charges a “technical violations.”

“While we are happy that charges are being filed against Tiller, we are guarded about this because we believe that these charges are the weakest against Tiller. There is now a pattern of illegal activity by abortionist Tiller and Kline’s investigation is proven to have merit,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman.

“Now, because we have charges on the 2003 records, we insist that Morrison subpoena the 2004 and 2005 abortion records. Furthermore, in order for justice to be done, the criminal late-term abortion charges against Tiller, as supported by Psychiatrist Dr. Paul McHugh must be reinstated,” said Newman.

Kline filed 15 charges alleging illegal late-term abortion were committed by Tiller for reasons such as so a woman could go to a rock concert.

“We believe the filing of charges against Tiller vindicates Kline’s investigation of Tiller,” said Newman. “There is a pattern of abuses and illegal activity that is going on at Tiller’s mill. This is just the tip of the iceberg.”

“I saw no file that justified abortions,” says Psychiatry Expert.

Wichita, KS – A Psychologist who has examined over thirty medical records subpoenaed from abortionist George R. Tiller, says women were given late-term abortions on viable babies so they would not have to miss rock concerts and sporting events.

Dr. Paul McHugh revealed last week that he examined medical records that showed women who were 26 to 30 weeks into their pregnancies were being given abortions by Tiller for “trivial” birth control reasons under the guise of “mental health” concerns that could not be substantiated by the records.

Dr. McHugh is a Harvard educated psychologist who headed the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital for 26 years and serves on the President’s Council on Bioethics. He was asked to review the abortion records by former Attorney General Phill Kline to determine if the mental health diagnoses were psychiatrically justified.

Dr. McHugh stated that the records “highlighted certain kinds of things, which…were sometimes of a most trivial sort, from saying that, ‘I won’t be able to go to concerts,’ or ‘I won’t be able to take part in sports,’ to more serious ones, such as, ‘I don’t want to give my child up for adoption.’”

Of Tiller’s psychiatric diagnoses, Dr. McHugh stated, “He had mostly social reasons for thinking that the late-term abortions were suitable…Again, these ideas that he was suggesting – these were not psychiatric ideas, these were social ideas that he is proposing. And by the way, again, there was nothing to back these things up in a substantial way.”

When asked if Dr. McHugh could find even one file that justified a late-term abortion by demonstrating that the woman would suffer substantial and irreversible harm as required by Kansas law, he responded emphatically, “I saw no file that justified abortion on that basis.”

“The people of Kansas have written these laws. Viable fetuses should not be aborted unless there’s a substantial and irreversible condition that the pregnancy will produce. Well, when a psychiatric diagnosis is brought forth, I think that people should understand that that requires a heck of a lot more than I found in these records,” Dr. McHugh said.

“It doesn’t take a Harvard education to understand that missing a rock concert doesn’t ‘substantially and irreversibly’ impair a woman, physically or mentally,” said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue. “It is clear that Tiller is breaking the law at the cost of innocent lives. The public must rise up and say that enough is enough!”

Please continue to contact Attorney General Paul Morrison and ask him to charge Tiller for committing illegal late-term abortions.

Attorney General Paul Morrison
Phone: (785) 296-2215; Fax: (785) 296-6296
E-mail: general@ksag.org

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