OR is exploring legal options in ensure Tiller answers to charges
CLARIFICATION: Information in the report below was based on public information garnered from public sources, including a Wichita Eagle story by Deb Gruver that appeared on Sunday, December 31, 2006. Nothing in the report below was obtained by any communication with the Attorney General’s office or with his Special Prosecutor. Operation Rescue has no first hand knowledge of any legal action that may or may not be taken by the Attorney General or his Special Prosecutor. -OR Staff
Wichita, KS — Attorney General Phill Kline has only three court days left to get the criminal case against late-term abortionist George R. Tiller reinstated. To do so, he and his Special Prosecutor, Don McKinney, must overcome a concerted effort by pro-abortion politicians — all with ties to Tiller — that has thus far prevented the case from moving forward even though two judges have ruled that there is “probable cause” to believe Tiller violated the law.
McKinney is expected to file additional motions in the case today.
“From the witness list and list of supporting documents, we are convinced that Kline has a convincing case against Tiller,” said Operation Rescue Troy Newman. “It is important to understand that Tiller’s charges were dismissed on shaky jurisdictional grounds. Every judge who has seen the evidence has ruled that the charges are justified and that the case should be heard.”
Included in the witness information are the names of Dr. Ann Kristen Neuhaus and Dr. Paul McHugh, along with their affidavits and sworn statements in support of the Tiller charges.
Dr. Neuhaus is a former abortionist and Tiller associate who saw Tiller’s post-viability abortion patients at his Wichita clinic weekly in order to provide the second signature required by Kansas law before babies 22 weeks gestation or older can be aborted. Neuhaus has turned state’s evidence against Tiller — evidence that Tiller and his supporters are going to great lengths to suppress.
“Neuhaus has decided, for whatever reasons, to roll over on Tiller. She will be a very credible witness because she is a physician, she has experience with abortions, and she has worked inside Tiller’s clinic, supposedly personally interviewing every one of Tiller’s abortion patients who are 22 weeks or more pregnant,” said Newman. “Neuhaus has first hand knowledge about what goes on inside that clinic. Her testimony could be the evidence needed to finally bring Tiller to justice.”
Dr. Mc Hugh is the highly respected Director of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Psychiatrist-in-chief of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Operation Rescue believes that McHugh was expected to have testified that neither Tiller nor Neuhaus were qualified to make diagnoses of psychiatric conditions such as those listed in the abortion records, which include “depression” and “anxiety disorder.”
Mental health risks must be “substantial and irreversible” in order to qualify as exemptions to the Kansas ban on post-viability abortions. McHugh’s testimony would likely have indicated that conditions listed by Tiller and Neuhaus are not irreversible psychiatric conditions.
“These charges are very serious, and to have them dismissed due to political monkey-busienss is a travesty of justice,” said Newman. “If the charges prove to be true, which we believe they will if they can ever get to court, then viable babies who should have the protection of law are being illegally killed by Tiller and his associates. This is a matter of life and death. Operation Rescue is exploring a number of legal options to make sure that Tiller answers to these charges.”
Operation Rescue is hosting a four-day protest called “A Cry For Justice” in Wichita, January 19-22, to call for the prosecution of Tiller. The protest was sparked by comments made by Fox News host Bill O’Reilly who has stated that because what Tiller is doing is so bad, “There should be thousands of people demonstrating outside Tiller’s abortion clinic in Wichita.”
What Tiller and his associates are doing is despicable. Tiller is trying to get away with the murder of innocent children and the only reason Tiller’s associates are trying to suppress the charges is because they are pro-death and support abortion crimes. I love Tiller as a brother, but what he did is abominable and he has to pay for taking another person’s life away. I pray that God helps Kline and his comrades to put Tiller behind bars for his crimes against humanity.
The thing that is so sad is that Operation Rescue even has to host a four-day protest to ask that justice be done concerning the taking of human life in America. It doesn’t take a dedicated Christian to want to do right; simply someone with a little moral character. George Washington was correct when he said that our Constitution is only sufficient to govern a moral people. I fear we have lost the battle for morality…until I remember that our God is absolutely soverign. Thank you Operation Rescue of all that you do for life. You are in my prayers.
I know, it doesn’t take a dedicated christian to be horrified at whats going on in wichita and yet there is no outcry from that community. God help us if our national conscience is that far gone. what reason do you all think Neuhaus has for turning on Tiller?
You know how we can tell you guys are loony? Because you’re not mentioning the rapists. Tiller’s being charged with failure to report rape. Where are the outcries to imprison the rapists? Where are the investigations? If there are 30 charges against Dr. Tiller for failure to report, should there not also be 30 separate investigations into the rape of a child? I’ve read all the comments from every article on Tiller at this website, and not a single word about rapists. Only about abortion doctors. This is more than a little hippocritical.
Matt,
Actually, according to the complaint, the 15 reporting counts have to do with not properly reporting the 15 illegal late term abortions. These 30 counts have nothing to do with the concealment of child rape. According to press releases from the Attorney General’s office, that investigation is still ongoing. This is a common misconception because people do not carefully read. That is why we post the source documents to back up what we say.
Certainly, if and when charges are filed against Tiller for the illegal concealment of child rape, we will certainly report on it.
Of course rape is a part of the deal!That’s why everyone IS putting it on the abortionists.THEY are the very men/women that allow child rapes to go unreported. It doesn’t matter at all to them under what circumstances the child was conceived the age of the woman/girl. As long as it doesn,t interfere with their $$$$!
P.S. George Tiller is proof to me that certain people ARE indeed above the law.
Gosh, we’re loony! Wanting to stop some phony doctor from murdering people and helping let child rapists off the hook.
Man, that’s just the craziest thing I’ve ever heard of; thanks, Matt, for pointing out our ‘hippocracy’ (whatever that is)…
In the end, I’d rather be Hippocratic than hypocritical…
Amazing how hard Nola, Kathleen and Co. try to cover Tiller’s rear end.
Matt K,
How are rapists going to be apprehended if the crime is not reported? How will anyone know there has been an assault if no one says anything? Failure to report a rape means rapists free to victimize again and again. These animals don’t walk in off the street and turn themselves in. Their crimes must be reported either by the victim or on behalf of the victim by a parent, social worker, medical professional, or anyone who is suspicious of or has knowldege of a crime.
Shouldn’t you, I, or anyone be held accountable if we know there has been an assault on a child and we say nothing? Are we any better than this child’s attacker if we maintain our silence?
I personally know of a young girl who’s stepfather resumed his molesting of her in the car on the way home from the abortion clinic. But then no one at the abortion clinic apparently saw any need to report a 14 year old pregant girl and her “concerned” stepfather.
Matt, check some more comment sections on this website. You will find that I and others have had plenty to say about rapists and what should be done with them.