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Nov 14, 2006 |
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In recent years the Kansas City Star suppressed stories about Dr. George Tiller and any connection to abortion, which helped squelch public debate about this issue. In 2006 the Star used abortion and medical records to beat up on Phill Kline, and his Director of Consumer Protection, but I can find no recent story the Star published about any connection between abortion, abuse of young girls, and child rapists. I can find no story about the protection of viable babies, or any indication that Tiller was violating Kansas Law in recent years, or any contradiction between the babies saved my modern medical advance that are the same age as the ones Tiller is aborting. Based on the number of articles published (see below), the Star allowed some public discussion of this in 1998, but the Star suppressed stories about Tiller and abortion since 1998 -- until Bill O'Reilly started attacking the Star and the parent company, McClatchy (see bottom of this page). The following chart shows the number of "hits" by year of articles printed in the Kansas City Star about "Tiller" and "abortion" (excludes hits in 2006 after O'Reilly's Nov 3 Factor). Stories have not been classified as "pro choice" or "pro life": |
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| The NewsBank news search from the Johnson County Library was used in the following analysis. |
2006
| There have been 10 articles since O'Reilly exposed this story. Most of the 10 earlier 2006 stories were to beat up on Kline and showed no concern for child predators nor viable babies. |
| NOTE: Items 9-11 represent the ONE story the Star wrote about Tiller's money in TWO election cycles. The $300,000 from 2002 was NEVER reported. In fact, the press liked to say how close the AG race was in 2002, but failed to mention why. |
2005
2004
| In 2004 when a Kansan killed a pregnant Missouri woman the Star failed to tell about how Sebelius,
as a legislator, blocked new laws to protect unborn babies. |
| The increased protests last week
were due to the 31st anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
Tiller, the Wichita doctor, eggs it on. His clinic had what was termed a "special event," by one worker there. Free first-trimester abortions were given Saturday for Medicaid patients. |
2003
The Star attacked (Jan 28) Kline's hiring of Brown,
because
of Brown's protests at abortion clinics before he had gone to law school.
2002
2001
2000
1999
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The governor commented at a news conference, responding to a question about reported plans by a 14-year-old Arizona girl to seek an abortion in Kansas. … The Arizona Supreme Court
ultimately approved her abortion. |
1998
| Until this year, Kansas law allowed late-term
abortions if the fetus was affected by a severe or life-threatening
deformity or abnormality. Tiller has received national attention by
providing those kinds of abortions, which are not always available in
other states.
For several years critics of abortion have claimed that Tiller interpreted that law too broadly. This year abortion critics finally succeeded in changing its provisions. The new law bans most late-term abortions and ``partial-birth'' abortions. There are some exceptions.
It is not a surprise to me that Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall does not intend to investigate Wichita doctor George Tiller's alleged violation of Kansas' late-term abortion law. Her refusal to even investigate the well-publicized late-term abortion performed by Tiller on the 12 year-old girl from Michigan is outrageous. Are we to take Tiller's word for it that he did not violate the law, or do we expect our elected law enforcement officials to find out for sure? What proof does Stovall have that Tiller was not in violation of the late-term ban? George Tiller has said he performs late-term abortions at his clinic. That alone is enough evidence to warrant an investigation forcing Tiller to prove he is not breaking the law. |
1997
| WICHITA - State Rep. Mike Farmer was arrested in 1991
for blocking the gate to George Tiller's abortion clinic in Wichita.
On Monday the Wichita Republican not only was back at Tiller's clinic, he also got inside. This time, however, he was a guest. Farmer and five other legislators took up Tiller's offer to go to his Women's Health Care Services clinic to ``experience'' an abortion. . . . [Tiller] told the lawmakers that he had performed 1,274 late-term abortions since 1989. All, he said, were done for severe fetal abnormalities.
Letters to the Editor, The Kansas City Star, November 12, 1997
Two similar industries, two different goals
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Prior to Last Decade
| 1996 – 12 articles 1995 – 13 articles 1994 – 23 articles 1993 – 28 articles 1992 – 23 articles 1991 – 50 articles Harsh facts on late abortions Liberal columnist, Laura Scoot, who is still at the Star writing liberal columns (and who is wife of JoCo Commissioner Ed Peterson, which she never admits) tells Tiller's story about why he performs late-term abortions:
Clinic procedures are to advise them fully of their options - which, sadly for these women, are very few. Abortions are not done late in the third trimester but only very early in that period. Family planning clinics that refer women who are late in the second trimester to Tiller say the standards for him accepting them also are tight. No articles were found prior to 1991. O'Reilly, Nov 6, 2006: "There's no question The Kansas City Star, and the Wichita paper as well, are against any kind of action against Tiller, and it is disgraceful in my opinion. McClatchy, which owns both papers, they are shameful."
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