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02/03/2006

AG Kline to Testify in Child Sex Abuse Reporting Case
KS Supreme Court ruling on Tiller’s medical records is also expected today

WICHITA, Kansas, Feb. 3 /Christian Wire Service/ -- Attorney General Phill Kline is expected to testify on Friday in Federal Court in a case that pits primarily abortion clinics against law enforcement over whether sexual conduct in children under 16 should be reported as state law mandates. Also on Friday, the Kansas Supreme Court is expected to hand down a ruling in a related case involving abortionist George R. Tiller and whether he should be required to produce medical records to the Attorney General who subpoenaed them in an investigation into unreported child sex abuse and illegal late-term abortions.

At issue in the court case, known as Aid for Women v. Nola Foulston, is an opinion issued by Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline in 2004 that indicated that since it is illegal in the State of Kansas for a child under 16 to engage in sexual conduct, such cases, classified as statutory rape, must be reported to social services authorities.

This opinion apparently did not sit well with certain mandatory reporters, such as abortionists and social workers. A suit was brought by 14 “health professionals” – including three abortionists and two abortion mill nurses – who challenged the Kansas law that mandates health care professionals to report incidents of “significant sexual conduct” in children under 16.

Operation Rescue court observers report that for three days, the plaintiffs presented their case that consisted of carefully rehearsed, and in some instances obviously memorized, testimony from abortionists, a self-avowed feminist social worker, an other witnesses that included conclusions that sexual intercourse in children as young as 10 years old was “not necessarily injurious.”

Operation Rescue observers described the testimony as sometimes arrogant, shocking, and even openly contemptuous toward defense attorneys representing Attorney General Kline.

Operation Rescue observers will be present during the trial and are available for comment.

Read more about the AFW v. Foulston trial...

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