Re: Clinics Ask State Supreme Court To Block Kansas AG's Investigation Involving Medical Records of Women Who Had Abortions
From: R. Daniel Braun (rd.braun@gmail.com)
Tue Mar 1 08:05:17 2005
Oh No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nobody'd ever try to do that.
(TIC)
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 08:14:00 -0600, art fougner, md <evsono@pipeline.com> wrote:
> Joanne
>
> many of those are done in George Tiller's Center - perhaps this is a
> flanking maneuver aimed at putting him out of business.
>
> art
>
> At Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Joanne Bulley, MD wrote:
> >
> >I have to agree with this editorial writer ... this does not have
> >anything to do with looking for perpetrators of rape etc ... although
> >that excuse "looks good" in print. It is trying to get confidential
> >recods that are protected by law ... I would guess that the hope is
> >that all the publicity surrounding this will make people shy away from
> >the decision / stay away from those clinics.
> >
> >Personally, I have never seen a "late term abortion" for anything other
> >than congenital / genetic defects incompatible with life ... and those
> >were induction of labor to evacuate the uterus - never the horrendous
> >things that the anti abortion folks put in print ... have any of you?
> >
> >Joanne
> >
> >At Mon, 28 Feb 2005, art fougner, md wrote:
> >>
> >>In today's Ny Times - this issue is getting national attention -
> >>reprinted since registration required.
> >>
> >>What's Secretly Wrong With Kansas
> >>
> >>In a shocking abuse of office, the attorney general of Kansas is
> >>conducting a stealth campaign to violate the privacy of about 90 women
> >>who obtained late-term abortions, offering the flimsy claim that he's
> >>looking for evidence of crime.
> >>
> >***
> >>
> >>Mr. Kline's campaign echoes a similar salvo last year by Attorney
> >>General John Ashcroft. Federal judges eventually cited privacy laws to
> >>stop his attempt to forage through hundreds of records at a half-dozen
> >>hospitals. Two years ago, Mr. Kline called on health-care providers to
> >>report underage sexual activity, but a federal judge ruled him out of
> >>line. Mr. Kline deserves another rebuff, beginning with the suspension
> >>of the gag order.
> >>
> >***
> >>It's not at all clear how that crime is linked in particular to
> >>late-term abortions, which just happen to be the current target of
> >>Republican anti-abortion activists across the country. Late-term
> >>abortions - beyond 22 weeks of gestation - are illegal in Kansas, except
> >>when they are done to protect a woman's health. But Mr. Kline offers
> >>no evidence to suggest he has any legal ground to justify pawing through
> >>the confidential records of the 90 women he has targeted for his mission
> >>of harassment. As for predatory abuse of girls under the age of sexual
> >>consent, they could have obtained abortions earlier than 22 weeks.
> >>
> >>There is no disputing that Mr. Kline has the duty and power to uphold
> >>the law. No one wishes child abusers to walk free. But Mr. Kline also
> >>has privacy laws to uphold. His demand for the clinics' records is not
> >>only insupportable legally; it smacks of an ideological dragnet.
> >>
> >>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/28/opinion/28mon2.html?pagewanted=print&positio
> >>art
> >>
> >>--
> >>art fougner, md
> >>
> >> "If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."
> >>Lawrence Peter Berra
> >>
> >--
> >Joanne Bulley, MD
> >Keene, NH, USA
> >
>
> --
> art fougner, md
>
> "If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."
> Lawrence Peter Berra
>
--
R. Daniel Braun
Kinky for Governor
