Contact: Judy Smith, State Director, Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Kansas, 816-695-7951
TOPEKA, Kans., Sept. 6 /Christian Newswire/ -- Kansas lawmakers, elected by the people, have worked hard to ensure that, although abortion is currently legal, that post-viable abortion is limited only to those instances when a woman's life or major bodily function is permanently threatened. Those laws appear to be routinely circumvented by abortionist George Tiller in his business of ending the lives of fully viable infants whose mothers are described as suffering from the mental health exception. As hearings last week showed, that mental health exception can be for a "single episode of depression" that the abortionist and his accomplice (the second doctor's opinion) ascertain is life-threatening.
"Abortion providers are not above the law; post-viable abortions performed for vague and flimsy reasons are an affront to Kansans and to the lawmakers who sacrifice their time and efforts to enact. Abortionists should be called to account for their winking at the law. State agencies should also be accountable to the people of Kansas and make sure that abortion providers are monitored and are following the letter and intent of the law," states Judy Smith, State Director of Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Kansas.
Wendy Wright, President of CWA, will be testifying at the hearings of the Federal and State Affairs Interim Committee tomorrow, September 7th. "The lack of enforcement of Kansas law affects other states. George Tiller actively recruits clients from other states. What happens in Kansas does not stay in Kansas. The physical and psychological trauma is exported with the women. Women in Kansas and those who come to Kansas fully expect that Kansas enforces its laws and that the state ensures its medical practitioners are following directives intended to protect patients. However, these hearings have revealed that George Tiller is flaunting the law and governing officials have given him free rein to abort babies who would survive if born," states Wright.
Today and tomorrow the hearings continue, and we hope that justice will finally be served and that the law will be enforced.
