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proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 09:30 AM Aug 2012

All charges against Planned Parenthood are dropped

After five tumultuous years, the nation’s first criminal prosecution of Planned Parenthood came to an end Friday when prosecutors dropped the last of the charges against the abortion provider.

Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe and Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt jointly announced they were dismissing the last 32 charges against Planned Parenthood. A four-page statement detailed their reasons.

The decision ends an investigation started by Phill Kline, who began the probe as Kansas attorney general in 2003 and lodged a 107-count criminal complaint in 2007 after he did not win re-election and was appointed Johnson County district attorney.

Kline’s investigations of Planned Parenthood and the late Wichita abortion provider George Tiller, who was shot to death in 2009, snared him in an ethics complaint that could cost him the right to practice law in Kansas, although he now lives and teaches in Virginia.

“This is a good day for women in Kansas,” said Peter Brownlie, president of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri.


Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/17/3766994/all-charges-dropped-against-planned.html#storylink=cpy

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All charges against Planned Parenthood are dropped (Original Post) proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 OP
k&r... spanone Aug 2012 #1
good. now, hopefully they won't be back. xchrom Aug 2012 #2
Kline went to Liberty "University"... xocet Aug 2012 #8
oh jeezz...shoulda known that was his school. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #14
I hope that my post was not misleading.... xocet Aug 2012 #18
K&R gollygee Aug 2012 #3
A new "investigation" to start up in 3....2....1.... kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #4
K&R gademocrat7 Aug 2012 #5
Sadly they'll be back evilhime Aug 2012 #6
Files were also shared with Bill O'Reilly proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 #16
WHO NOW, FatIrishBastard Aug 2012 #7
That would be the Phil Kline whom the churches in our area openly admitted to campaigning for, all. patrice Aug 2012 #9
FinaLLy, finaLLy. Tansy_Gold Aug 2012 #10
Interesting slant in the first paragrah of the story csziggy Aug 2012 #11
That's just right-wing distortion for you. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2012 #12
The KC paper is usually better than that. proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 #17
Love how that article refers to planned parenthood as an "abortion provider" tjwash Aug 2012 #13
K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2012 #15

xocet

(3,873 posts)
18. I hope that my post was not misleading....
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 11:57 PM
Aug 2012

My apologies if it were so:

Kline went to Liberty "U" after being disbarred in Kansas, but he got his education at Central Missouri State University (B.S.) (now: University of Central Missouri) and the University of Kansas (J.D.).

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
4. A new "investigation" to start up in 3....2....1....
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 10:47 AM
Aug 2012

These freaks don't give a damn about facts or the law. They want to harrass women's healthcare providers out of business. PP needs to sue KS for wrongful, malicious prosecution.

evilhime

(326 posts)
6. Sadly they'll be back
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 11:25 AM
Aug 2012

this is only a stumbling block for them since it was dismissal not acquittal. They say it was lack of evidence due to files destroyed by a Democratic pro abortion governor. This same case probably won't be refiled but look for another one soon. For now score one for the correct side IMO.

proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)
16. Files were also shared with Bill O'Reilly
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 09:27 PM
Aug 2012

The anti-choicers really didn't want this case to get to trial. Too many screw ups exposed.

FatIrishBastard

(51 posts)
7. WHO NOW,
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 11:32 AM
Aug 2012

should be billed for the extreme waste of time, & taxpayer dollars? How many REAL crimes have not been prosecuted because of this specious B.S.? Tort reform my ass. Prosecutors have waaaaaaay too much power in this country's two tier "justice" system. Now this frog just heads to Virginia to what?, "practice" law? You know, with all of this "practicing" law, you'd think they'd get it right, come big game time. Maybe the lawyers should be piss tested, for a change.

patrice

(47,992 posts)
9. That would be the Phil Kline whom the churches in our area openly admitted to campaigning for, all.
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 11:55 AM
Aug 2012

Churches openly admitted to organizing with one another and raising money for Phil Kline.

I have to get out of here right now, but I'll see if I can get you some links later.

csziggy

(34,138 posts)
11. Interesting slant in the first paragrah of the story
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 12:25 PM
Aug 2012

"when prosecutors dropped the last of the charges against the abortion provider." (Emphasis added)

Planned Parenthood is NOT primarily an abortion provider. Wonder where the reporter came up with that characterization?

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,718 posts)
12. That's just right-wing distortion for you.
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 12:30 PM
Aug 2012

They get those digs in whenever and wherever possible.

Disgusting.

tjwash

(8,219 posts)
13. Love how that article refers to planned parenthood as an "abortion provider"
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 12:32 PM
Aug 2012


Another fair and balanced member of the corporate media.
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