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Kara Agostino
Issue date: 3/2/05 Section: News
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Kansas Prosecutor Seeks Medical Records on Late-Term Abortion Patients
On Thursday, 24 February Attorney General Phill Kline, an avid believer in pro-life, demanded the medical records of all women who had had abortions late in their pregnancies in order to prosecute them for criminal charges. Klein stated that the cases involved statutory rape, and indirectly suggested that some doctors' were giving illegal late-term abortions. There are also investigations regarding health professionals not reporting cases that are suspected of child abuse.
Kline commented that minors who become pregnant, under the Kansas state law are considered raped. He also stated that as attorney general, he is determined to protect children from predators.
It is not apparent how the medical records will aid in prosecuting suspected child predators even though the files generally include the details by how the female became impregnated, however, other information is also provided such as patients' sexual history, birth control use, and psychological profiles.
Mr. Klein is a well known pro-life activist and has been in the Kansas House for eight years. In 2003, a new interpretation of a law was issued under his control, stating that doctors who fail to report abortions for patients fewer than 16 years of age could be sentenced to six months in prison and one-thousand dollar in fines. Klein also provided money last year to multiple clinics to support women to carry their pregnancies throughout the full term.
?Federal Aviation Administration Proposes Advanced Airline Equipment
On Thursday, 24 February the F.A.A. put forth a proposition in which airline cockpits would be required to have voice recorders, capable of two hours of recording, as well as a backup power source, to be installed.
The total cost of this proposal would be $256 million. It would include the equipment built on new airlines, as well as planes that are currently in use. It is thought that airlines that are bordering on backruptcy will object to this new proposal. The agency wishes to have the rule finalized by the closing of 2006 and all the requirements installed between 2008 and 2010.
On Thursday, 24 February Attorney General Phill Kline, an avid believer in pro-life, demanded the medical records of all women who had had abortions late in their pregnancies in order to prosecute them for criminal charges. Klein stated that the cases involved statutory rape, and indirectly suggested that some doctors' were giving illegal late-term abortions. There are also investigations regarding health professionals not reporting cases that are suspected of child abuse.
Kline commented that minors who become pregnant, under the Kansas state law are considered raped. He also stated that as attorney general, he is determined to protect children from predators.
It is not apparent how the medical records will aid in prosecuting suspected child predators even though the files generally include the details by how the female became impregnated, however, other information is also provided such as patients' sexual history, birth control use, and psychological profiles.
Mr. Klein is a well known pro-life activist and has been in the Kansas House for eight years. In 2003, a new interpretation of a law was issued under his control, stating that doctors who fail to report abortions for patients fewer than 16 years of age could be sentenced to six months in prison and one-thousand dollar in fines. Klein also provided money last year to multiple clinics to support women to carry their pregnancies throughout the full term.
?Federal Aviation Administration Proposes Advanced Airline Equipment
On Thursday, 24 February the F.A.A. put forth a proposition in which airline cockpits would be required to have voice recorders, capable of two hours of recording, as well as a backup power source, to be installed.
The total cost of this proposal would be $256 million. It would include the equipment built on new airlines, as well as planes that are currently in use. It is thought that airlines that are bordering on backruptcy will object to this new proposal. The agency wishes to have the rule finalized by the closing of 2006 and all the requirements installed between 2008 and 2010.