Having lived in Kansas, I had the opportunity to meet Mr Kline. I truly approve of what he was attempting to do in this matter. The media and his opponents have long tried to make hime look like he was a right-wing nut who was going after abortion, however, the truth is much farther than even the media will tell.

Kansas has a law that requires a doctor to notify the state medical board of the pregnancies of patients under the age of 17. The board then determines whether an investigation should be held regarding the pregnancy. Kansas law holds that if an adult has sex with a minor, it is statutory rape or it can be rape. Kansas law also holds that if two minors have sex, it can be construed as sexual abuse.

Mr Kline went after Mr Tiller for not reporting any cases to the board. In other words, Mr Tiller was breaking the law. What aroused all this attention, mainly the fact that Mr Tiller and his clinic became well known for providing late term abortions. The ease of which Mr Tiller allowed the abortions to occur resulted in patients travelling from other states to his clinic to have them performed. This set off bells and whistles.

People love to talk bad about business and the greed of the businessman, I wonder, if they will remark about Mr Tiller's?

dmk