Family Concerns “Bridging the Information Gap”

A Publication of Concerned Women for America of June 10, 2008

THE DEATH-WATCH o Morrison fires over 40 of the employees at the A.G.’s office Is the rule of law dying in Kansas? (both offices have approximately 100 employees) o Judge Anderson (Shawnee County) informs Morrison that Kline As we have reported in previous Family Concerns the left a report detailing the location of the files and a copy of the industry is openly flaunting the rule of law in Kansas. records with him. Because of the many reports across the nation of egregious o Kline is sued personally by the eight employees let go in the irregularities and alleged felonies and misdemeanors leveled transition with severance. at across the nations, sixty national o Morrison sends two representatives to meet with Judge Anderson. On 1/10/07 they pick up the document status report organizations have signed a petition to members of Congress but do not remove the copies of the medical records from Judge asking them to withdraw federal funding from Planned Anderson. Parenthood. Title X moneys given to Planned Parenthood o Morrison fires special prosecutor McKinney appointed by Kline. are subject to the same regulations as any recipients of Title o He instructs KBI Agent Bob Blecha to pick up all evidence. X money: that the recipients comply with state and federal Later Judge King of Leavenworth County finds that all of Kline’s laws. Incredibly, the Governor of Kansas not only entertained showing and distribution of the records was done for legitimate in the people’s house (the governor’s mansion), law enforcement purposes, despite the public statements of but also stood with Planned Parenthood’s president Cecile Morrison that the records were strewn all over the state and Richards to announce a pilot micro-targeting effort based on required a “treasure hunt” to retrieve them to protect patient polling, etc. to unseat the only law enforcement officer who privacy, (press conference held by Morrison on 2/07.) In fact, dared to prosecute Planned Parenthood and the abortion the records were right where Morrison had been informed they would be and patient privacy was NEVER compromised . . . all industry. The only newspaper in the Kansas City personal information had been removed. metropolitan area won the “Maggie Award” (in memory of • February 2007: Morrison demands that Kline return his copy of Margaret Sanger the founder of Planned Parenthood) the records even though Kline has Judge Anderson’s permission supposedly for its ideological support of the abortion industry. to keep them. Morrison has his own copy. • March 27, 2007: Morrison’s employees finally pick up the relevant In spite of the fact that the records/reports at issue in the medical records. saga of obfuscation perpetrated by the abortion industry have • April 4, 2007: One of Morrison’s representatives appears before NEVER contained any personal information, the patients are Judge Anderson requesting that Kline return all of his copies of not subject to prosecution; every judge who has reviewed the the records. Judge Anderson refuses and states to Assistant records/reports have found reason for probable cause to Attorney General Veronica Dersch, “. . . there’s evidence of believe the clinics have committed crimes, the media and the crimes in those files that need to be evaluated. . .” abortion industry have continued their demolition of the rule of • April 13, 2007: Morrison files a formal motion that Kline be law and the personal attacks against the prosecutor who had ordered to return PP files. the courage to make the charges, former attorney general • April 18, 2007 Anderson denies the motion again stating that the and current Johnson County prosecutor Phill Kline. files contain evidence of potential criminal activity and that Kline’s legal theories are sound. The timeline of the saga of obfuscation (to confuse; to cover • May 5, 2007: Kline approaches Anderson with evidence that the up in darkness): Planned Parenthood documents may be manufactured and false. Anderson requests that Kline inform Morrison and he does so. • Fall 2005: Paul Morrison, running for attorney general and • Judge Anderson, based on what he saw in the records recruited by Governor announces that he approaches a document expert to review the documents. The believes sitting attorney general Kline is conducting a “witch hunt” expert’s conclusion: The documents “don’t match up.” against the abortion industry. Morrison indicates in September • June 6, 2007: Dr. Paul McHugh visits the Kansas City area at the 2006 that he will end the investigation if elected. invitation of a national women’s group, Women Influencing the • November, 2006: Morrison elected as attorney general. Nation. He was hired by Kline as an expert to view the records. • December 2006: Phill Kline elected as District Attorney of He is an eminent psychiatrist from Johns Hopkins. He was never Johnson County (Planned Parenthood facility in question is contacted by Morrison after he took office even though he is one located in Johnson County) of the nation’s leading psychiatrists. McHugh determined that • December 21, 2006: Kline files 30 charges against Tiller with none of the were justifiable. When Morrison learns of Judge Yost finding probable cause (In Kansas a judge must find McHugh’s intention to speak he issues a gag order and threatens probable cause before charges can be filed.) A motion to have him with a lawsuit. Before all this; however, McHugh recorded a the charges dismissed is filed by Sedgwick County District video stating his opinions that is available at Attorney Nola Foulston. A traffic judge dismisses the charges. http://www.operationrescue.org/?page_id=664. • January 2007: Kline hires Democrat Don McKinney to appeal the dismissal as Kline leaves office. Kline and Morrison Timeline continued in next Family Concerns. After viewing are sworn into office . . . they basically switched jobs. the facts you decide if the rule of law is dying in Kansas. o Kline fires eight employees in the D.A.’s office

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