http://www.operationrescue.org/archives/please-pray-as-ksbha-takes-first-steps-to-revoke-tiller%e2%80%99s-license/ Operation Rescue® is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist organizations in the nation and has become the voice of the pro-life activist movement in America. Its activities are on the cutting edge of the abortion issue, taking direct action to restore legal personhood to the pre-born and stop abortion in obedience to biblical mandates. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:23:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.operationrescue.org/archives/please-pray-as-ksbha-takes-first-steps-to-revoke-tiller%e2%80%99s-license/comment-page-1/#comment-296410 Al Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:10:24 +0000 http://www.operationrescue.org/?p=2662#comment-296410 For those who feel that the KSBHA should have acted sooner, if they had done so, "Dr." Tiller could have invoked Kansas Const. Art. I § 10. "No person shall be a witness against himself" (similar to the 5th Amendment) as a reason for him to refuse to provide testimony and medical records (which he is compelled by law to keep). Now that the criminal phase is over, with most charges (permanently?) dropped and the last 11 acquitted, he cannot take advantage of this protection. He may be compelled, under contempt, to testify against himself and to provide books and records that may be used against his license, as license suspension or revocation is not for punishment of the licensee but for the protection of the public. For those who feel that the KSBHA should have acted sooner, if they had done so, “Dr.” Tiller could have invoked Kansas Const. Art. I § 10. “No person shall be a witness against himself” (similar to the 5th Amendment) as a reason for him to refuse to provide testimony and medical records (which he is compelled by law to keep). Now that the criminal phase is over, with most charges (permanently?) dropped and the last 11 acquitted, he cannot take advantage of this protection. He may be compelled, under contempt, to testify against himself and to provide books and records that may be used against his license, as license suspension or revocation is not for punishment of the licensee but for the protection of the public.

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