Outrageous order shows unprecedented obstruction of criminal prosecution

Olathe, KS – Operation Rescue has obtained court records, which were unsealed last week, that show Attorney General Stephen Six actively undermined District Attorney Phill Kline’s prosecution of 107 criminal charges against Planned Parenthood.

On the morning of April 3, Kline issued a subpoena to Judge Richard Anderson, ordering him to testify at a preliminary hearing on April 7 in the Planned Parenthood criminal case, and to produce fifteen documents from Kline’s inquisition that was conducted while he was the state attorney general. The subpoenaed documents included a series of letters and other papers regarding KDH&E records that had, according to Judge Anderson, been improperly altered or manufactured.

None of the documents subpoenaed had information that could be considered private medical information.

Later that day, Judge Anderson filed with the Kansas Supreme Court, informing them of the subpoena and his intention to comply with it.

Five minutes later, according to time stamps on the records, Attorney General Stephen Six filed a motion asking for a protective order on all information related to Kline’s inquisition, and asking that the High Court quash Kline’s subpoena to Anderson.

The following day, the Court ordered Anderson not to appear as commanded by Kline’s subpoena, and ordering him to maintain exclusive possession of the inquisition records.

This is the second incident of critical evidence being denied to Planned Parenthood’s prosecutors. On April 28, Judge Stephen Tatum ruled that the KDH&E did not have to honor another subpoena from Kline.

“These outrageous orders show unprecedented obstruction of a criminal prosecution through the intentional withholding of evidence,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “One has to ask why this prosecution is being stonewalled and sabotaged by the Attorney General’s office and the KDH&E. The answer might be found in the fact that both the A.G. and the KDH&E members were appointed by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who was elected with the help of a massive infusion of abortion money.

“More and more, evidence points to a conspiracy inside the government to obstruct abortion-related prosecutions. Operation Rescue promises to pursue every legal avenue until the corruption protecting Planned Parenthood is exposed and rooted out so true justice can be done.”

Read the documents:

Kline Subpoena dated April 3, 2008
Anderson Document filed April 3, 2008
Six Motion for protective order filed April 3, 2008
KS Supreme Court Protective Order issued April 4, 2008

Comments from the artist, John Francis Borra:

For years, abortion advocates have employed the image of a coat hanger in their effort to vilify the pro-life community, blaming it for the violence done to women by illegal abortion. This is hypocrisy in the extreme.

The pro-life advocate, by definition, endeavors to protect all life. Historically, it is the abortion activist who has defied laws in order to end human life. This was true before 1973 and it’s true now. One need only look at those who aid and abet the infamous George Tiller of Wichita, arguably the more accomplished butcher of near- and full-term children in the western hemisphere. Tiller regularly violates Kansas law, but his well-greased minions in government, like Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Stephen Six, among myriad others over the years, have kept him well above the law.

Not only is abortion among the most violent of acts, but it’s often performed on unwilling mothers. And whether it’s permissible under human law, it’s never permissible under the natural moral law. Every abortion is illegal. And a coat hanger by any other name– RU486, vacuum aspirator or saline solution– is still a coat hanger.

Used by permission of the author, John Francis Borra, who can be reached at veritatis@eaglecom.net.

Sebelius’ rebellion to Church leadership prompts stern rebuke

Topeka, KS – Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann has told Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to refrain from presenting herself for Holy Communion until she takes “the necessary steps for amendment of her life which would include a public repudiation of her previous efforts and actions in support of laws and policies sanctioning abortion.”

Sebelius is known as an aggressive supporter of radical abortion rights and has vetoed a number of pieces of common-sense legislation over the years that would have reigned in an out-of-control abortion industry in Kansas.

As a result, abortion mills remain uninspected in spite of documented filthy conditions, and abortion laws meant to protect women and viable babies remain unenforced.

Sebelius has close ties to abortionist George R. Tiller, who has funneled huge amounts of campaign contributions to Sebelius in the past. Tiller currently faces 19 criminal charges, a grand jury investigation, and two open investigations with the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts for criminal conduct and violations of the standard of care. Nevertheless, Sebelius remains supportive of Tiller and his notorious abortion business.

“We believe evidence exists that shows that Sebelius has strong personal and political ties to Tiller, and has used her political influence to cover up for crimes committed by Tiller and his associates in order to maintain the flow of abortion money into Kansas politics, thus furthering her own political career,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman.

“It is because of her policies that three abortionists come to Kansas to commit the latest of late-term abortions from states that prohibit them. It is also because of her policies that women come to Kansas from all over the world for the latest of late-term abortions that are banned elsewhere. These people come to kill viable babies because they know as long as Sebelius is governor that Kansas laws prohibiting post-viability abortions will not be enforced.”

“Sebelius stands in open rebellion to the teachings and requests of her Church,” said Newman. “We join Archbishop Naumann in calling on Sebelius to repent from her support of abortion, and to amend her life to undo some of the human devastation and tragedy for which her public policies and private cover ups are responsible.”

Read Bishop Naumann’s full statement

Wichita, KS - Operation Rescue has launched its newest radio ad drawing public attention to the legal cases against late-term abortionist George R. Tiller.

OR originally announced its plans for a media blitz to draw attention to Tiller’s legal woes in February, then launched the campaign in March with radio ads on several stations and hundreds of thousands of automated phone calls to Kansas households.

Tiller’s attorneys responded by filing a motion to have the grand jury currently investigating Tiller disregard the campaign. In a five-minute hearing, Judge Paul Buchanan rejected the motion.

The latest radio ad takes aim at the delays in producing evidence to the grand jury and in the prosecution of Tiller’s pending criminal case.

“We intend to keep the public eye focused on these cases so that justice is properly served,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “If the judges and politicians realize that the public has not forgotten, they are more likely to act swiftly and with integrity.”

Click here to listen to the newest 30-second radio spot now airing in the Wichita area. (Update: This link will take you to a smaller file that should be much easier to download, or you can CLICK HERE to listen if you have a high speed connection.)

Wichita, KS – Late-term abortionist George R. Tiller is spending a lot on lawyers these days, with cases in three different venues moving along at a glacial pace. These cases can be summarized in three words: delay, delay, delay.

Earlier this week, the Kansas Supreme Court finally ruled that subpoenas for evidence issued by a citizen-called grand jury in January can finally be honored, after four months of delays in an investigative process that is supposed to last just 90 days. With the clock ticking on the new July 8 deadline for the grand jury to complete its investigation, the Court placed a maze of complex hurdles on the process of redacting patient identifying information that could be used by Tiller’s high-priced legal team to terminally delay the production of evidence.

In another case, the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts notified Operation Rescue representatives last week that two complaints against Tiller and two of his hired abortionists are still pending. That may sound like good news until you realize that one complaint has languished on the desks of KSBHA bureaucrats since October, 2006, and the other for over seven months without any end in sight.

The complaints allege dangerous violations of the standard of care and illegal abortions on viable babies that Kansas enacted laws to protect. Even with the recent shakeup at the KSBHA, the clear and present danger to women and their pre-born babies, and the fact that Tiller has been charged with 19 criminal counts of violating the non-affiliated physician requirement for post-viability abortions – an issue raised in one of the complaints – delay continues to be the name of the game.

Speaking of the criminal complaint against Tiller, which was filed in June of last year by disgraced former Attorney General Paul Morrison, that case has suffered delays to the point of absurdity.

Once the criminal case landed in the courtroom of Judge Clark V. Owens, the progress of the prosecution came to a screeching halt. The trial date has been reset a number of times. Judge Owens heard Tiller’s motions to dismiss the charges based on his belief that the law under which he is charged in unconstitutional on November 2, 2007. (Tiller and his lawyers think most laws are unconstitutional these days, especially the ones Tiller likes to break.) At the same time, Owens heard arguments that Tiller should be allowed a jury of twelve, instead of the state mandated jury of six for misdemeanor cases. (Tiller and his lawyers also think abortionists should get special treatment that no other citizen would ever receive.)

Now, seven months and one more missed trial date later, Judge Owens has yet to rule on these two motions. Deputy Attorney Generals Veronica Dersch and Jerald Maag, now under the direction of pro-abortion Gov. Sebelius’ new lap dog Steve Six, have mentioned nary a word about the outrageous delay in bringing this case to trial. In fact, you would think that Tiller signed their paychecks, with the way this case is being managed, and that they were being paid by the hour, to boot!

It has been often said that justice delayed is justice denied. Every day these investigations and legal cases drag on is another day that women are placed at risk and innocent viable babies that should have legal protections under the law are illegally murdered. Yes, murdered. And the blood of those innocent babies and the women injured and killed by botched abortions that occur all too frequently at Tiller’s chop shop stains the hands of those who delay that justice. Because the state authorities from the governor down are complicit in what can only be described as a conspiracy to cover up criminal actions by Tiller, that blood stains the windy prairies of the entire state.

It is time for the delays, the pandering, and the political corruption that props up Tiller’s bloody business to come to an end. The grand jury must be given access to the evidence they require. The KSBHA must get off their “blessed assurances” and suspend Tiller’s medical license, and Judge Clark needs stop with his Rip Van Winkle impersonations and move the criminal case forward. The Attorney General’s office needs to stop playing politics and do its duty to prosecute. Justice must be done – and soon. Only then will the needless killing of innocent babies in the latest stages of pregnancy stop.

Supreme Court punts records issue back to District Court

Topeka, KS — The Kansas Supreme Court ruled against late-term abortionist George R. Tiller who had asked the Court to rule that a citizen’s called grand jury was unconstitutional and should be dismissed. Instead the Court found that such grand juries are indeed constitutional.

In the same opinion, the Court ruled that subpoenas issued by the grand jury in their investigation into illegal abortions done by Tiller and his associates should be further reviewed by the Sedgwick County District Court to insure that the subpoenas are not overly broad or harassing in nature.

The grand jury issued subpoenas to Tiller in January for 2,000 late-term abortion records, a request that was later reduced to 50 records randomly chosen for each of the last five years. The subpoenas specifically state that all patient identifying information should be redacted before being sent to the grand jury.

“While we are gratified that the Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the right of citizens to call for grand juries, we are concerned that the order to punt the subpoena question down to the lower courts could be a stall tactic,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “This decision leaves an open door for further mandamus actions by Tiller’s attorneys. They know if they stall long enough with their frivolous motions, the grand jury term will expire, and the evidence will not have to be produced. That is obstruction of justice, pure and simple.”

The grand jury was seated on January 8, 2008, for a term of three months. That term was extended by Judge Paul Buchanan, but will expire on July 8, 2008, with no further extensions available.

“It is our prayer that the District Court will act swiftly to get the necessary evidence into the hands of the grand jury so justice can be done,” said Newman.

Read the KS Supreme Court’s Ruling

Omaha, NE — Warren Buffett’s investment company, Berkshire Hathaway, held its annual stockholders meeting on Saturday, May 3, 2008. Known as the “sugar daddy” to the abortion industry, Warren Buffett is the largest financial contributor to abortion in the world. On hand to greet the over 30,000 in attendance were pro-life activists with Rescue The Heartland and Operation Rescue’s Truth Truck.

Glorifying the “god of money,” two sign trucks could be seen driving around with large photos of Buffett on both sides with trite slogans that read, “My advice: Invest in Yourself” and “What’s a Good Education Worth?” In order to counter this propaganda, Operation Rescue’s Truth Truck was on hand to follow the Buffett trucks and give onlookers an education as to Warren Buffett’s chief investment: baby murder.

Although most in attendance were die hard Buffett supporters who could care less about the lives of innocent pre-born children, there were a number of positive encounters. One man, for example, said he was a Catholic and had no idea of Buffett’s abortion philanthropy. He said he was going to sell his stock first thing Monday morning because of it.

Due to public pressure, on July 3, 2007, Berkshire Hathaway announced that it was ending all corporate charitable donations. However, through his Buffett Foundation, Buffett supports the most radical aspects of the population control movement such as providing $2 million to fund clinical trials of Mifepristone (RU-486). Buffett also provided $2 million to Family Health International for the distribution of quinacrine hydrochloride, a chemical that sterilizes a woman by burning her fallopian tubes. Quinacrine is illegal in the U.S., but is used, often coercively, in Vietnam, India, and other nations.

In the late 1990s, Buffett committed to a $20 million grant to International Projects Assistance Services (IPAS), which manufactures and distributes manual vacuum aspirators, used for performing abortions in the Third World.

Then in 2006, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, two of the richest men in the world and both anti-life fanatics, joined forces to create “an unfathomably large organization” that would continue to work to limit the world’s population through birth control, abortion, and sterilization.

(Article and photo courtesy of Larry Donlan, Rescue the Heartland)

Operation Rescue’s call for suspensions of three abortionist’s licenses still under consideration

Topeka, KS – The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts has notified Cheryl Sullenger and Troy Newman in separate letters that complaints they filed against late-term abortionist George R. Tiller and his associates are progressing. The complaints request that the medical licenses of three abortionists be suspended.

Sullenger’s complaint, filed against Tiller and abortionist Ann Kristin Neuhaus in October, 2006, involves allegations that Tiller conducted illegal late-term abortions using Neuhaus as the second concurring physician required by law for post-viability abortions. Sullenger submitted evidence compiled though Operation Rescue investigations that indicated that Neuhaus and Tiller were financially associated, which is prohibited by law.

Tiller has since been charged with 19 criminal counts of violating the non-affiliated physician law. That case is still pending and tentatively set for trial on June 16, 2008.

Newman’s complaint against Tiller and California abortionist Shelley Sella was filed in October, 2007, and alleges that the coerced abortion of Michelle Armesto-Berge was done prior to obtaining proper consent and other violations of the standard of care. Newman filed the complaint on Armesto-Berge’s behalf at her request.

Armesto-Berge’s horrific late-term abortion experience was first made public when she testified last September before a joint legislative committee investigating illegal late-term abortions and the non-enforcement of Kansas abortion laws.

Abortionist Shelley Sella is a resident of Oakland, California, and is an employee of Tiller’s and flies to Kansas every third week to abort babies at his Wichita abortion mill. Abortions after 24 weeks gestation are illegal in California.

“We are cautiously optimistic that the cases against Tiller, Neuhaus, and Sella will now be given the attention they deserve,” said Newman. Two top members of the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts resigned last month in a shake up over the Board’s slowness to act and over apparent cover-ups.

“Up to this point, the Board has refused to act to protect women and viable babies from illegal abortions. The situation in Kansas is critical. The lives of viable babies that laws were enacted to protect remain in jeopardy,” said Newman. “We pray that these abortion complaints will get moved to the front burner where they belong, and that suspensions of licenses will be soon forthcoming in the interest of public safety.”

Topeka, KS – In a huge victory for the rule of law, this morning the Kansas Supreme Court unsealed a secret lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood against District Attorney Phill Kline. Planned Parenthood was seeking to have the Court order Kline to return abortion records that are critical evidence in Kline’s prosecution of 107 criminal charges against the abortion giant.

Instead the Court rejected a letter from former Attorney General Paul Morrison “exonerating” Planned Parenthood, indicating that the records showed no criminal conduct by Planned Parenthood. Morrison then engaged in acts meant to force the evidence from Kline’s possession in order to cover up criminal activity on the part of Planned Parenthood, who had supported his election campaign.

“Every judge that has reviewed the evidence has ruled that there is probable cause to believe that crimes have been committed by Planned Parenthood,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman.

Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for June 12.

The abortion records were subpoenaed by Kline when he was attorney general. When still the attorney general, Kline received permission from Judge Richard Anderson to forward the records to the Johnson County District Attorney’s office, with the court’s full knowledge that Kline had been appointed to that post. Planned Parenthood secretly sued Kline to get the records back, a suit that was joined first by Morrison, and then by Attorney General Stephen Six after Morrison’s resignation due to a sex and corruption scandal.

“It is wrong that the subject of a criminal investigation should be allowed to misuse secret proceedings to harass a prosecutor with falsehoods and spurious personal attacks as Planned Parenthood has done,” said Newman. “Now that this case has been unsealed, we trust that the truth of Planned Parenthood’s wrongdoing and the obstructionist attitude of the Attorney General’s office will finally come out.”

“The mantra from the AG’s office has always been that the records must be returned in order to protect patient privacy, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. All patient identifying information was redacted long ago. One has to wonder about the integrity of the attorney general’s office that continues to promulgate such untrue statements,” said Newman.

“In the interest of justice, Kline’s evidence must be allowed to be seen in a court of law at the time of trial and let a judge and jury decide. That’s the American way,” said Newman.