Friday, June 03, 2005
LA Times Profiles Kansas Women Who Had Late Term Abortions
Stephanie Simon, a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times (registration required) profiles women who have undergone late-term abortions at the Kansas clinic run by Dr. George R. Tiller that is being investigated by Attorney General Phill Kline, an opponent of abortion rights for women.
From Simon's article:
From Simon's article:
"Kline, who opposes all abortions, maintains that the mental health concerns some omen cite as their main reason for terminating — including depression or anxiety about raising a disabled child — do not justify late-term abortions under Kansas law. he has demanded access to the medical records of dozens of patients. The clinic has appealed to the state Supreme Court; a decision is expected within weeks.
"Tiller's patients await the ruling with mounting anger. They say no outsider could ever understand the complex tangle of emotions that brought them to Women's Health Care Services — the psychological and physical strains that made continuing their pregnancies unbearable."
