In one of the boldest pro-life-inspired moves I have seen yet, Kansas AG Phill Kline (which CNN notes is an "abortion opponent") insisted Thursday, "I have the duty to investigate and prosecute child rape and other crimes in order to protect Kansas children."
Indeed he does. CNN goes on to report:
Kline is seeking the records of girls who had abortions and women who received late-term abortions. Sex involving someone under 16 is illegal in Kansas, and it is illegal in the state for doctors to perform an abortion after 22 weeks unless there is reason to believe it is needed to protect the mother's health.Is it just me or does it seem wholly ridiculous to use the defense of invasion of the privacy of the patients to argue that clinic records should remain sealed from the highest ranking authority in the state? It seems to me that some of these clinics are covering up crimes perpetrated by adults who have had sex with children under the age of 16 and have performed abortions on fetus' over the gestation period of 22 weeks. Both are considered illegal in the state of Kansas.
Kline spoke to reporters after details of the secret investigation, which began in October, surfaced in a legal brief filed by attorneys for two medical clinics. The clinics argued that unless the high court intervenes, women who obtained abortions could find government agents knocking at their door.
The clinics said Kline demanded their complete, unedited medical records for women who sought abortions at least 22 weeks into their pregnancies in 2003, as well as those for girls 15 and younger who sought abortions. Court papers did not identify the clinics.
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