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BREAKING NEWS!
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New Tiller Grand Jury Set to Convene January
8, 2008!
December
3rd, 2007
Wichita, KS – A grand jury investigation into suspected criminal wrong-doing
by
late-term abortionist George R. Tiller has been scheduled to convene in Sedgwick
County on January 8. Retired District Court Judge Paul Buchanan will oversee the
investigation.
The grand jury, which was called via the citizen’s
petition process, had originally been scheduled to convene on October 30, 2007,
but was delayed while the Court considered a Writ of Mandamus filed by Tiller
asking for a special exemption from the laws governing the convening of
citizen-called grand jury investigations and demanding that the grand jury not
be seated.
Operation Rescue filed a motion to intervene in the
case.
On November 29, Justice McFarland lifted the stay and
ordered the grand jury to convene.
“We are thankful that the laws regarding the rights
of the people to seek justice through the grand jury petition process are being
respected. It is a true victory for the rule of law,” said Operation Rescue
President Troy Newman. “We look forward to a full investigation and pray for
justice to be served.”
Registered voters, over three times the number required
by law, are asking the grand jury to investigate illegal abortions that may have
been committed by Tiller over the past four years.
“While this will not specifically investigate
Christin Gilbert’s tragic death, it may serve in the end to bring the
abortionist responsible for her death to justice,” said Cheryl Sullenger,
spokesperson for the Justice for Christin Coalition.
Tiller was charged in June with 19 criminal counts of
committing illegal late-term abortions over a narrow time-span in 2003, without
an independent physician’s signature. The state contends that Tiller and
abortionist Ann Kristin Neuhaus were legally and financially associated, in
violation of the Kansas ban on post-viability abortions. Because that business
relationship continued into 2007, there is the likelihood that Tiller is
responsible for hundreds of illegal abortions.
The grand jury will also be asked determine if Tiller
committed abortions past viability to trivial reasons in violation of the law.
Dr. Paul McHugh, a nationally renowned expert in psychiatry who examined Tiller
medical records last year at the request of former Attorney General Phill Kline,
came forward in June and stated in a interview posted on YouTube.com and the
Operation Rescue web site that he believed Tiller was misusing psychiatry to
justify abortions in violation of the law.
View full
interview with Dr. McHugh
Read
the Kansas Supreme Court Order
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From Operation Rescue...
Kansas
Abortion Industry's Criminality Exposed!
Amazing
developments as 40 Days For Life prayer campaign to stop abortion
continues
Wichita,
KS -- October 9, 2007 -- George Tiller and other abortionists around
Kansas are having a bad day. Never
since abortion was decriminalized over three decades ago has the abortion
industry been in such a bind.
We
believe this is an answer to fervent, purposeful, and focused prayer.
"The
effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much."
-James 5:16
We
are in our 14th day of prayer in our 40
Days For Life campaign and we are amazed to see what God is doing.
We are seeing what Operation Rescue President Troy Newman calls a
"full court press" against the abortion industry in Kansas.
Here
is what is going on in Wichita and around the state:
Abortionist
George Tiller: 
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Charged
with 19
criminal counts of illegal abortion.
This case is pending. He
faces up to 19 years in jail and nearly $50,000 in fines.
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Faces
a grand
jury investigation that could uncover literally hundreds of
violations of the law in the past five years.
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Faces
two
open investigations with the Kansas Board of Healing Arts for
illegal abortions, illegal financial association with abortionist Ann
Kristin Neuhaus, and 14 accusations of illegal and unethical conduct
that violated the standard of care in the 2003 late abortion of Michelle
Armesto. This could cost
him his medical license.
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Faces
an ongoing
investigation of the Kansas Legislature.
Abortionist
Sherman
Zaremski:
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Faces
an open
complaint with the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts for not
reporting the statutory rape of a 12-year old girl by her
step-father, Robert Estrada. Zaremski's
concealment of the rape allowed Estrada to continue to attack his two
young step-daughters for several years resulting in a total of 4
pregnancies. He needs to be held accountable for that.
Abortion
Business Planned Parenthood: 
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The
L.I.F.E. Coalition, comprised of Operation Rescue, Concerned
Women for America, and Women Influencing the Nation, have launched a citizen
petition to convene a grand jury in Johnson County, Kansas, to
investigate 7 allegations of illegal activity on the part of Planned
parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri.
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Missouri
state regulations threaten to close all of this branch's Missouri
offices.
It
is no accident that the Kansas abortion industry is on the ropes.
We believe that the doors that have opened for us to aggressively pursue
them have opened only as a result of prayer.
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In
January, 2007, Operation Rescue conducted "A Cry for
Justice" event focusing on prayer coupled with action to bring
Tiller to justice for criminal activity uncovered in part by our ministry. The
next month the Kansas Legislature decided to get involved and initiated
efforts to compel various agencies to enforce the law.
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In
May we sponsored the 72-hour "Pray In May" round-the-clock
vigil outside Tiller's abortion mill asking for divine intervention in the
affairs of men to bring stop Tiller's child-killing business and bring him
to justice. A
couple of weeks later Dr.
Paul McHugh, a renowned psychiatrist who examined abortion records
from Tiller's came forward with bombshell testimony that he believed Tiller
was misusing psychiatry to circumvent the Kansas laws banning post-viability
abortions. On June 28, Attorney
General Paul Morrison, an avid abortion supporter who ran on the issue
that abortion investigations were a waste of resources and violation of
patient privacy, charged Tiller with 19 counts of illegal late-term
abortions. That was nothing
short of a miracle!
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In
July, Operation Rescue hosted the "Wichita Awakening,"
a prayer event attended by over 500 young people from across the nation, and
a total of over 1,000 people over the course of the event.
About a week later, Tiller's clinic
temporarily closed and remained closed for the next 3 ½ weeks!
This closure was unprecedented.
In all, Tiller remained closed for a total of 38 days over the summer
months. During the following
weeks, Kansans for Life gathered enough signatures to convene a grand
jury investigation, and legislative hearings were held in Topeka to
investigate Tiller's late-term abortion business.
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On
September 26, we began a 40 Days For Life vigil outside
Tiller's abortion mill, which will conclude on November 4.
Since then, Tiller's attorneys were denied
their motion to block the grand jury and a new
investigation was launched by the KSBHA to investigate Tiller and
his California abortionist Shelley Sella in the Armesto abortion.
What
will God do next?
Please
consider taking a prayer shift at Tiller's Wichita abortion mill, or the
abortion clinic closest to you, between now and November 4, and be a part of
this historic prayer effort to stop abortion in Kansas. To learn more,
please visit our website at www.operationrescue.org.
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July 1, 2007
Wichita, KS – Attorney General Paul Morrison has announced that he is filing
19 misdemeanor charges against late-term abortionist George R. Tiller because
he used a second physician that was not financially or legally unassociated
with him, as required by law.
Tiller is scheduled for arraignment on August 7 at 10:30 AM in the Sedgwick
County District Court in Wichita.
Operation Rescue has been reporting
since August, 2006, that they suspected that Tiller’s association with
Dr. Ann Kristen Neuhaus was an illegal one. Neuhaus was listed as a witness
when Former Attorney General Phill Kline filed 30 criminal charges against
Tiller last December. Those charges were dismissed on shaky jurisdictional
grounds.
In his announcement, Morrison trivialized the murder of late-term children
by calling the charges a “technical violations.”
“While we are happy that charges are being filed against Tiller, we are
guarded about this because we believe that these charges are the weakest
against Tiller. There is now a pattern of illegal activity by abortionist
Tiller and Kline’s investigation is proven to have merit,” said Operation
Rescue President Troy Newman.
“Now, because we have charges on the 2003 records, we insist that
Morrison subpoena the 2004 and 2005 abortion records. Furthermore, in order
for justice to be done, the criminal late-term abortion charges against
Tiller, as supported by Psychiatrist Dr. Paul McHugh must be reinstated,”
said Newman.
Kline filed 15 charges alleging illegal late-term abortion were committed
by Tiller for reasons such as so a woman could go to a rock concert.
“We believe the filing of charges against Tiller vindicates Kline’s
investigation of Tiller,” said Newman. “There is a pattern of abuses and
illegal activity that is going on at Tiller’s mill. This is just the tip of
the iceberg.”
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.OPERATIONRESCUE.ORG
August 18, 2006
Justice Aborted...
A confidential source inside the grand jury that
investigated Christin's death has come forward and shared stunning details of
the investigation and why Tiller narrowly escaped indictment on four
counts by only one vote!
Operation Rescue has published a FOUR PART REPORT
that is must reading for anyone following Christin's tragedy and the efforts to
obtain justice for her and her baby.
“Part One: What Really
Happened To Christin Gilbert?” deals with the irregular events
surrounding the third trimester abortion and death of a young Down syndrome teen
last year, from the perspective of the grand jury.
“Part Two: Inside the
Grand Jury” covers the grand jury process and their frustrations with
being prevented from accessing important information from records and witnesses,
and how that lack of information narrowly prevented them from issuing
indictments.
“Part Three: The
Cover-up” explores the four areas of obstruction that the grand jury
faced and how a “fraternity” of officials have protected Tiller.
"Part Four:
Unanswered Questions and What Must Be Done" focuses on unanswered
questions about the grand jury’s inability to gain access to information and
witnesses, and what must now be done to bring justice for Christin Gilbert and
her baby.
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July 31,2006 - From Operation
Rescue
TILLER
GETS AWAY WITH MURDER!
Grand Jury fails to issue indictments in late-term
abortion death of Texas teen.
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Christin Alysabeth Gilbert Died From a Third-Trimester Abortion
On January 13, 2005, a healthy 19-year old disabled
girl named Christin Alysabeth Gilbert died at a hospital in Wichita,
Kansas, from complications to a third trimester abortion procured at Women’s
Health Care Services, and abortion mill owned by the notorious George R.
Tiller.
Fortunately, Christin’s tragedy is perhaps
the best-documented abortion-related death in the history of Roe v. Wade.
New Video Presentation Now Available!
View our new video
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Kansas Laws Violated?
There exists probable cause for an
investigation into Christin’s death. Information uncovered in numerous
documents has been carefully reviewed by attorneys and physicians who have
indicated that laws of the State of Kansas may have been violated.
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KSA
21-3404 (a) (c): Involuntary
manslaughter
Involuntary
manslaughter is the unintentional killing of a human being committed:
(a)
Recklessly;
(b)
During the commission of a lawful act in an unlawful manner.
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KSA
21-3437 (a) (3): Mistreatment
of a dependent adult
Mistreatment of
a dependent adult is knowingly and intentionally committing one or more of
the following acts:
(3)
omitting or depriving treatment, goods or services by a caretaker or
another person which are necessary to maintain physical or mental health of
a dependent adult.
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KSA
21-3402 (b):
Murder in the second degree. Murder in the second degree is the
killing of a human being committed:
(b)
killing of a human being unintentionally but recklessly under circumstances
manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.
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KSA
38-1522:
Reporting
of certain abuse or neglect of children; persons reporting; reports, made to
whom; penalties for failure to report or interference with making of a
report.
Those
providing the abortion did not take proper steps to report to the local
authorities that a Down Syndrome female was pregnant due to a criminal
assault.
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KSA
65-6703: Abortion
prohibited when fetus viable, exceptions; determination of age of fetus;
determination of viability; reports; retention of medical records; viable,
defined; criminal penalties.
Christin was in her 28th
week of pregnancy, having just entered the third trimester, when subjected
to the
abortion.
No charges have ever been filed against
late-term abortionist George R. Tiller in the death of Christin A. Gilbert.
A complaint against Tiller was filed with the Kansas State Board of
Healing Arts, the agency responsible for discipline in the medical profession.
However, in spite of thousands of calls and e-mails from concerned citizens
demanding disciplinary action against Tiller for Christin's death, that board determined on November 23, 2005, that there was
no violation of the healing arts act and have closed the case against Tiller. In fact, the lack of interest in Christin’s death by the
authorities and the media indicates that there may be a cover-up in progress.
If there is to be justice for Christin,
it will have to be brought with the help of the people of Sedgwick County,
Kansas.
Here’s how…
The
State of Kansas provides that the citizens may call for the convening of a Grand
Jury though a petition process (KSA
22-3001). It
takes only 2,850 signatures of Sedgwick County registered voters to force a
Grand Jury investigation. Once the
Grand Jury convenes, they have the power to fully investigate
Christin’s death and any other possible criminal activity at Women’s
Health Care Services.
Your
help is needed to gather signatures calling for a Grand Jury to investigate
Christin’s death. As long as
those responsible for Christin’s needless death are allowed to escape justice,
women remain at risk of suffering a similar fate.
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If you are a registered voter in Sedgwick County, Kansas, please sign a
petition calling for a Grand Jury investigation today!
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If you live outside Sedgwick County, Kansas, you can still help. Click here to find out how!
UPDATE: Over 7,700 signatures gathered! Grand Jury ordered to
convene May 22, 2006
We were successful in gathering more
than the required signatures to convene the Grand Jury to investigate
abortionist George R. Tiller in the death of Christin Gilbert.
The Grand Jury investigation is
currently underway. Judge Richard Ballinger is overseeing the
investigation, which began on May 22, 2006.Please pray that justice will be
done!
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