Kansas court unseals Planned Parenthood cases
Originally published 10:21 a.m., May 2, 2008
Updated 11:45 a.m., May 2, 2008
The Kansas Supreme Court has unseals a lawsuit by a Planned Parenthood clinic against a prosecutor who has charged the clinic with violating state abortion laws.
The suit also accuses the Overland Park clinic of manufacturing false documents.
The clinic -- Comprehensive Health -- wants the high court to order Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline to return edited medical records from 30 patients' files. Kline obtained the documents when he was attorney general, before he became the county's prosecutor in January 2007. Kline filed criminal charges against the clinic in October, partly based on those documents.
Planned Parenthood is trying to force Kline to return medical records in his possession. Kline obtained the records when he was attorney general, before he became district attorney.
The clinic also wants the court to hold Kline in contempt, an action that could subject him to a fine or other sanctions.
Attorney General Steve Six is pursuing his own lawsuit seeking the return of the medical records to Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri. It alleges that Kline violated a previous Supreme Court order on handling medical records. Kline says that's not true.
The court unsealed both lawsuits Friday.
Arguments in both cases are scheduled for June 12.
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May. 2, 2008 at 1:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)parkay (anonymous)
The abortion lobby is getting terribly desperate to conceal and withhold criminal evidence against abortion mills. Look for a lot more blood-soaked "contributions" from criminal abortionist quacks to be spread around in Kansas government now.
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