AP’s Hanna continues to propagate false notion of abortion records “leak”

Topeka, KS — The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled against two abortion businesses that had asked for the criminal investigation against them — including abortion records subpoenaed in that case — be taken away from Attorney General Phill Kline and placed in the hands of a special prosecutor.

The denial of the abortionist’s motion allows Kline to continue his investigation until he leaves office on January 8, 2007.

Kline is currently investigating late-term abortionist George Tiller of Wichita and Planned Parenthood in Overland Park for illegal abortions and the concealment child rape. The abortionists have fought hard to prevent the medical records from being used as key evidence against them.

The motion denied today was brought after Kline appeared on The O’Reilly Factor television program earlier this month. In a surprise revelation, O’Reilly told Kline that he had an inside source and had seen some medical records from Tiller’s abortion clinic.

Associated Press reporter John Hanna jumped on the story and immediately began to erroneously report that the records O’Reilly had access to were leaked from Kline’s office, when in fact O’Reilly clearly stated that he was not sure that Kline had access to the same records O’Reilly had seen. Hanna continues to propagate the myth of a “leak” in his article published today by the AP.

“We believe that the erroneous information about a non-existent ‘leak’ of medical records that was widely distributed by the Kansas media just days before the election contributed to Kline’s defeat,” said Operation Rescue spokesperson Cheryl Sullenger.

“It is more likely that the records that O’Reilly has access to were given to him by former abortion patients who now regret their abortions,” she said. “We have strong reason to believe that O’Reilly’s records predate the subpoenaed records in Kline’s possession by several years.”

“We continue to pray that those who have concealed child rape and those who flagrantly aborted viable babies that should have been protected by law will be brought to justice,” Sullenger said.

Operation Rescue has called for a national protest at George Tiller’s abortion clinic January 19-22 in response to O’Reilly’s comments that thousands of people should be protesting Tiller’s clinic because of his late-term abortion practice.

Read Attorney General Kline’s Full Press Statement
Listen to O’Reilly’s Disputed Comments For Yourself

UPDATE: The John Hanna story published in Friday, December 1, 2006, editions of the Kansas City Star and the Wichita Eagle differs greatly from the story we rsponded to that appeared on Thursday afternoon. In Friday’s versions, Hanna toned down his language wrongly inferring that Kline’s office had “leaked” records obtained from George Tiller’s late-term abortion mill and Planned Parenthood.

We are reprinting both the original story that we responded to on Thursday afternoon and the most recent article so you can compare them for yourself. In calling out Hanna’s error, we believe we may have been able to contribute to holding the media accountable for reporting the truth.

-Operation Rescue

EARLIEST VERSION: Posted November 30, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061130/ap_on_re_us/abortion_records_1&printer=1

Court stays out of abortion records case
By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press

The Kansas Supreme Court refused Thursday to intervene on behalf of two abortion clinics in a dispute with the state attorney general over patient records that were leaked to “The O’Reilly Factor.”

The clinics had asked the court to seize the records of 90 patients from Attorney General Phill Kline and appoint a special prosecutor to investigate how Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly got access to abortion records for a Nov. 3 broadcast. Read the rest of this entry »

OR calls its permanent closure.

Huntsville, AL — A Huntsville, Alabama, abortion mill remains open today in spite of Health Department citations for violations of ten state laws.

Alabama Women’s Center for Reproductive Alternatives was cited during a surprise inspection last month for violations that included forwarding after-hours emergency calls to non-medical personnel, routinely failing to document the gestational age of the pre-born baby, and releasing abortion patients after less than the required 20 minutes in recovery.

The violations indicated a “sloppiness” in the general care of patients, according to Rick Harris, who heads the Bureau of Health Provider Standards. “It makes you wonder, what else are they failing to document?”

Despite the concerns, the abortion mill remains open and no fines are expected because a plan has been submitted to correct the violations.

“This abortion mill has shown a blatant disregard for the laws of Alabama and for the health and safety of women. There is no question that this mill should be closed,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman.

Operation Rescue has also expressed concern that two other Alabama abortion mills continue to operate under probationary status. One clinic in Birmingham was permanently closed by the state earlier this year.

“The abortionists are worried that if they are inspected they may be forced to shut down,” said Newman. “That should send a real wake-up call to women that American abortion mills are predatory in nature and are willing to sacrifice the health and safety of women in order to compete for the ever-dwindling abortion dollar. If they kill babies for a living, they really are not going to care about the woman, either, except in how they may exploit her and her wallet. Abortion is a real cut-throat business — pun intended.”

“Alabama needs to be more concerned about saving lives than keeping their abortion chop shops open,” he said. “They have to tools to close them with their strict regulations. Now, they need to have the courage to strictly enforce them.”
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Abortion clinic cited for violating 10 state laws
Thursday, November 30, 2006
By STEVE DOYLE
Times Staff Writer steve.doyle@htimes.com
http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/116488190012710.xml&coll=1&thispage=1

Local facility offers correction plan; no penalties are likely

A Huntsville abortion clinic that is a frequent target of protesters got poor marks on its most recent state inspection.

Alabama Women’s Center for Reproductive Alternatives, 612 Madison St., was cited by state inspectors last month for violating 10 state laws governing abortion providers. Among the most serious findings:

Patients who called the clinic after hours because of heavy vaginal bleeding and other complications were connected to an administrator rather than a doctor.

The clinic routinely failed to document the age of fetuses being aborted.

Patients may have been sent home before the required 20-minute recovery period. Read the rest of this entry »

Milwaukee, WI — Missionaries to the Pre-born (MTTP) are reporting that an ambulance was summoned Tuesday to Affiliated Medical Services in Milwaukee and later transported a woman to the hospital suffering from what witnesses believed was a perforated uterus.

“Missionaries Jim Soderna and John Stambaugh were outside the death camp speaking up for the preborn and offering help to the moms, when at about 2:15 p.m., a Milwaukee Firefighter Paramedic ambulance approached with lights flashing and siren roaring,” said Pastor Matt Trewhella, who heads MTTP. “The paramedics entered the facility and emerged about 10 minutes later with a woman on the stretcher. The ambulance pulled around to the back door in the alley to remove the woman from the abortion clinic.”

The alert sidewalk counselors photographed the ambulance as emergency workers were preparing the victim for transport.

The abortion injury seemed to have little impact on the abortion workers. According to Trewhella, “Clinic workers were later filmed laughing and joking outside the abortuary.”

MTTP hopes this incident will help close Affiliated Medical Services, one of only two remaining abortion mills in Milwaukee.

“Thank God these faithful men were on hand to witness and expose this abortion injury,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “The public needs to understand that abortion is not safe, simply because it is legal. It is always fatal for the baby, and, as we have seen across the country, abortion leaves a devestating mark on women that often includes damaged bodies and broken lives.”

“We join with Missionaries to the Pre-born in praying for this incident to lead to the closure of this abortion mill,” said Newman.

OR is urging the public to contact the Milwaukee Health Department and ask for an investigation into unsafe practices at Affiliated Medical Services.

Milwaukee Health Department
Bevan K. Baker, Commissioner of Health
Telephone (414) 286-3521
Fax (414) 286-599
E-Mail: Contact Raquel M. Filmanowicz and ask that she deliver your message to Mr. Baker
rfilma@milwaukee.gov

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