Abortion Industry Eyes Kansas DA Election Anxiously

After nearly six months of dithering on the charges against Dr. George Tiller, Attorney General Paul Morrison re-interpreted the state’s tough late term abortion law to mean that it did not matter whether a woman had a legally justifiable need for an abortion as long as two unaffiliated doctors said she did...

After abortion industry champion Paul Morrison beat incumbent Phill Kline in the 2006 attorney general race, the largely conservative Republican precinct captains of Johnson County shocked the media and their moderate brethren.

They did so by choosing the now widely scorned Kline to fill the remaining two years of Morrison’s term as district attorney...

Upon taking office as Kansas attorney general in 2003, Phill Kline began to review the KDHE (Kansas Department of Health and Environment) reports to see just how it was that late term abortions had actually increased in Kansas after a tough law had been passed to stop them.

In reviewing the reports, Kline noticed that in the spaces provided for “reasons” and “basis,” Dr. George Tiller, the nation’s leading late term abortionist, offered no medical diagnosis...

Not since 1859, when the citizens of “Bleeding Kansas” approved the Wyandotte Constitution enabling Kansas to enter the Union as a free state, has a Kansas election grabbed the nation’s attention as the one about to take place.

At stake is the District Attorney position in Johnson County. This suburban Kansas City may be the most populous and affluent in Kansas, but the DA race usually attracts little attention beyond the metro.

This year is different. The current DA Phill Kline has brought criminal charges against Planned Parenthood—the first time anywhere--and the abortion industry understands the ramifications if Kline prevails...