dr. tiller

What’s at Risk in Kansas

by Cara April 8, 2008

Today the Kansas Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of whether or not embattled late-term abortion provider Dr. Tiller should be forced to turn over the medical records of 2,000 patients. This battle has been going on since 2006, but has been stalled and had verdicts flipped on technicalities. The women whose medical records [...]

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Antis abusing the legal system? Who would have guessed?

by Cara October 5, 2007

No sooner than the anti-choice legal threats in Aurora start to die down do they begin to slide down to Kansas. Apparently, there is a bizarre and obscure law in Kansas that allows registered voters to petition for the creation of a grand jury. That bastion of ethics, Operation Rescue, along with some local anti-choice [...]

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New Judge Appointed to Dr. Tiller Case

by Cara August 23, 2007

For those of you following the case against late-term abortion provider Dr. Tiller, there is news. After the previous judge in the case resigned, a new judge has been appointed. Judge Owens, the new judge in the case, was appointed by Chief Judge Michael Corrigan. A former district attorney and a state judge for the [...]

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Positive Dr. Tiller Update!

by Cara August 20, 2007

Great news! Anti-abortion judge Anthony Powell removed himself from the Dr. Tiller case on Friday. Powell said he felt confident he could have made fair rulings in the case, but decided he had to recuse himself after reading media coverage last week quoting statements he made disparaging Tiller in 1998. At that time Powell was [...]

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Update on Dr. Tiller

by Cara August 13, 2007

Last week, I wrote about the Dr. Tiller case. Dr. Tiller is one of the few doctors in the country who provides late-term abortions. By Kansas law, late-term abortions require the approval of two additional, uninvolved physicians. Dr. Tiller is currently being prosecuted by the state of Kansas for having an improper financial relationship with [...]

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The Attacks on Dr. Tiller Continue

by Cara August 6, 2007

[cross-posted from Feministing] Dr. George Tiller, one of the few late-term abortion providers in the U.S., has pleaded not guilty to 19 misdemeanor charges brought upon him by the state of Kansas. Dr. Tiller has a long history of being harassed by anti-abortion activists. He has faced protests at his clinic incredibly frequently, other trumped-up [...]

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