By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
The Kansas State Council of the Knights of Columbus is backing Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kan., in his battle with Gov. Kathleen Sebelius over abortion. Too bad the Knights don't bring more facts to the table.
In recent newspaper ads, the group repeats Naumann's by-now-infamous claim that Kansas has aquired a reputation as "the late-term abortion center for the Midwest."
And the organization proclaims its "commitment to the sanctity of unborn life."
Kudos for the Knights for their strong opinions.
But the group doesn't bring forth any facts to prove that Kansas is doing anything illegal when it comes to abortions, late-term or not.
The Knights also proclaim their support for the Comprehensive Abortion Reform Act, which Sebelius has vetoed.
The Knights say they want women to be well-informed about fetus development and alternatives to ending their pregnancy.
But as pro-life supporters continue to point out, state law already requires doctors to tell patients about these issues. And these opponents of the Abortion Reform Act point out it could give people other than the pregnant person power over what happens to her baby.
Funny, the Knights of Columbus didn't include those facts in their recent ads.
I see your allegations
But I don't see that you've established that there were "illegal late-term abortions."
Nominate Yael for 2009 "Maggie" Award
Next spring someone needs to nominate Yael for a 2009 "Maggie" Award:
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/PPFA/maggie_nom_2008_v9.pdf
In 2006 the Kansas City Star won a Maggie Award for their editorial writing.
The Star isn't interested in facts being known about illegal late term abortions in Kansas. The Star consistently leaves the public in the dark.
Look what was reported in Olathe by a McClatchy newspaper, but not by the KC McClatchy newspaper:
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http://www.theolathenews.com/133/story/142636.html
Public should be in the know
Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2008
Kansas remains one of the most closed state governments in the United States, having multiple exemptions that allow records and meetings to remain closed to its residents. It also has a court system that allows more closed hearings and sealed documents than the national average.
Although the lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood and the Kansas Attorney General’s Office against Phill Kline is now an open proceeding, why was it closed in the first place?
The two entities sued Kline for his transfer of redacted copies of abortion records. With a judge’s permission, Kline moved the records from the attorney general’s office to the Johnson County District Attorney’s Office. Those records, however, had been stored in different locations because, Kline said, former District Attorney Paul Morrison refused to let him store the records in the office while Morrison was still district attorney.
We’ll let the courts decide the issue. What we question is why the Kansas Supreme Court ever closed the hearings and sealed the records of the proceedings. There is nothing within this case that warrants secrecy.
This case should have been open to the public from the beginning. This is a gross infraction on the public’s right to know. It makes us wonder what had been going on why these proceedings were kept secret? We know it wasn’t to protect patient privacy because there’s no identification of patients in this lawsuit.
The court was wrong to keep these proceedings from the public.
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The Kansas City Star was wrong to keep these proceedings and other facts from the public as they support the Culture of Death.
The public should be outraged by what the Star simply refuses to report. How many times has the Star explained the REDACTED medical records that have no patient information?
Here are some facts
Here are some facts on CARA, the Comprehensive Abortion Reform Act:
CARA requires the woman be offered real time medical information about their actual unborn child (via listening to fetal heart tones or viewing ultrasounds) as opposed to only being able to view the 1998 state booklet with static dark photos and hand-drawn illustrations .
All 4 Kansas abortionists already use ultrasound and charge separately for its use but women are currently prohibited from viewing it-- by testimony of many women, including Tiller patient Michelle Armesto-Berge.
CARA also would give direct contacts for FREE fetal medical service and hospice to women with suspected fetal defective pregnancies, instead of them paying approximately $3000-$6000 for a 3- to 4- day procedure that highly raises their risk of infertility and future compromised pregnancies. None of that is currently provided as state-mandated information.
CARA would require that, prior to obtaining an abortion as an exception to our state ban on aborting viable fetuses, the woman be handed a written determination [of the life-threatening medical condition she suffers from that supposedly requires aborting a child that can live outside the womb] and actually converse with the doctor.
Annual state records show well over 90% of the late-term (post 22 week) abortions are done on non-residents. Women and teens are dragged or lured (depending on circumstances) to Wichita by Tiller's 50-state online advertising and the known law enforcement laxity under the Sebelius administration.
That Kansas is a late-term abortion mecca is common knowledge, and abortionist Tiller himself proclaims at lectures, on websites and in self-promotional videos that women travel from all over the world to him and that he is the expert in this hemisphere. Recently he was captured on tape saying he aborts up to the day of delivery. See http://www.studentsforlife.org/index.php/tiller/
fella
Do you disagree with Abouhalkah's factual contentions here? Seems pretty straightforward to me, unless you can point out how he's incorrect.
out of your depth
Stick with anti-smoking. Just a thought...