Wichita, Kansas – Attorneys for abortionist George R. Tiller filed motions with Judge Paul Buchanan to quash two subpoenas issued by a grand jury asking for nearly 2,000 late-term abortion records. The subpoenas allow for the redaction of the patients’ names and other identifying information, making the privacy of the women a non-issue.
“Tiller’s effort to deny the grand jury necessary evidence in a criminal investigation is a last desperate act of a man who is destined to go to jail,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “Tiller expects the court to help him hide incriminating evidence from people who have the legal ability to indict him. This judge has already rejected a similar motion to deny other subpoenas issued by the grand jury. We are praying, for the sake of truth and justice, that this ploy is denied as well.”
The subpoenas were issued on January 22, just one week after Newman testified before the grand jury and presented over 200 pages of evidence gathered by Operation Rescue researchers, including photographs of women entering Tiller’s abortion clinic in the obvious latest stages of pregnancy.
The grand jury has asked that Tiller produce two kinds of records by February 1, including all records of abortions done after 21 weeks gestation between July 1, 2003, and January 18, 2007.
The grand jury also wants to see records in the same time frame of all women whose pregnancies were 22 weeks or more where the woman did not have an abortion “because there was not a determination that a continuation of the patient’s pregnancy would cause a substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function by two physicians who were not legally and financially affiliated.”
Kansas law prohibits abortions after 21 week except to save the mother’s life or if the continuation of the pregnancy will result in a “substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function” of the woman. Each abortion must be approved by the two physicians not legally or financially affiliated with the abortionist. There has never been a reported abortion in Kansas to save the life of the mother.
Tiller already faces 19 criminal charges of illegal late-term abortions for allowing abortions in 2003, using the second signature of abortionist Ann Kristin Neuhaus, who had apparent legal and financial ties to Tiller.
This is sick. This man needs to be put away for good. Abortion is such a horrible thing, but taking a babies life at 22 weeks when you already know the child has a good chance of survival out of the womb is more than sickening. I pray that he pays justice for those babies loss.
We are praying that this legal proceedings will continue unhindered, and that all documents will be presented in a timely fashion! You all have done a tremendous job of collecting the data, photos, and documentation to further this case against Tiller. May the Lord bless and sustain you all. Thank you all for your perseverance–you are “standing in the gap” for all of us in other States.
Maybe he’ll find Jesus in jail!
We surely have great heroes battling against the forces of darkess in Kansas! But we must always remember, as David did in his youth, that if Goliath falls, it shall be the Lord’s victory! With the “Commander of the Army of the Lord” on our side, who can be against us? We need not fear, because we know how the story ends. In the end, the good guys win. The only question is how the battles will go between now and then. Pray for victory, but then step up and act!
The odds of Tiller worming his way out of this are pretty slim. He’s got to be shaking in his boots by now.
GOOD !