Abortion provider must turn over files

[meegbear]

Source: Los Angeles Times

One of the nation's few late-term abortion doctors was ordered Wednesday to turn over about 2,000 patient medical records to a Kansas grand jury investigating his practice.

Abortion opponents hope that the records will lead to further criminal charges against Dr. George Tiller, who already is facing 19 misdemeanor counts stemming from late-second and third-trimester abortions at his clinic in Wichita.

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Monnat was joined in court by a lawyer from the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, who filed affidavits from three patients demanding that their medical records remain private.

Even though the judge ordered names and addresses removed from the files, the patients said they feared their identities could be deduced from details about their families and medical histories. The antiabortion group Operation Rescue has given the grand jury several photos that it says show pregnant women entering Tiller's clinic; the same pictures are posted online, with the women's faces blurred.


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-tiller31jan31,0,2628704.story

[bunkerbuster1]

1. When those antichoice FUCKHEADS fear for their lives

like abortion providers fear for theirs, we'll have a chance at putting down this shit.

Not until.

and that's all I'm sayin'.

[femrap]

15. And all I'm sayin'.....

is I wish I could rec your all you're sayin'

edit: typo

[fascisthunter]

24. recommended

[TooBigaTent]

2. Medical records should not be used for this kind of witch hunt. Shred them, or just ignore

the judge's order. Isn't that a valid response, now?

[bunkerbuster1]

5. I'd love to hear the Justice Department's case against this provider,

if it came to that. "Only the White House can destroy records! not you baby-killers!"

[NashVegas]

6. Agreed. Shread Them

When the intent of the suit is to make abortion completely illegal, there won't be much difference in trying to keep yourself in the business if they succeed.

[Ilsa]

18. Send them down the same black hole that cheney's emails passed into. nt

[Megahurtz]

26. That's What I Would Do.

Fuck them! :mad:

[Horse with no Name]

3. Drip...drip...drip

Do you hear the sounds of the dismantling of Roe v. Wade piece by piece?
They could never attack it as a whole...so they will do it...piece by piece.
This will go to appeals...and then on to the salivating SCOTUS who will be only too happy to establish precedent on this.

[annabanana]

4. "Hey you.. don't drop that match!". . . . . .. ooops

[Cheap_Trick]

7. a pack of wild dogs

ate my abortion records.

[Nickster]

8. Darndest thing, someone broke into the office and trucked off all those files. Oops! So Sorry!

[patrice]

9. How can this be better connected to the lie that is Pro-Life+Pro-War?

IF the issue is the sacredness of Human life, why are we drawing lines between women's bodies and society? What IS it about our bodies that makes it un-acceptable for us to kill when killing is ABSOLUTELY an ACCEPTABLE solution to other problems, e.g. John McCain.

Anyone espousing a "Pro-Life" position has serious logical weaknesses if they are also Pro-War. Ask any one of them what their solution to World Islamic Jihad is. I just don't understand why more isn't made of this contradiction legally, to force it into the open.

[RubyDuby in GA]

11. Funny you should mention that because this is on my bumper right now

[truebrit71]

31. That is a FANTASTIC bumper sticker!!

:thumbsup:

[RubyDuby in GA]

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http://www.evolvefish.com/

[patrice]

38. Ooooo! I'd like one of those. Where'd you get it, please? nt

[RubyDuby in GA]

42. See No. 34

I love the people at EvolveFish.com
They are great. What I've done lately is order the stickers and have them put on magnetic backing - that way I can change them out to get the full pissing off hypocrite Republicans while tooling around town.

[DCKit]

41. Woo Hoo. They should flash that message subliminally on FNC and wrasslin'.

There'd be a rash of unexplained strokes, but we'd be a better country for it.

[Lasher]

10. Wasn't this doctor ordered to hand over the records awhile back?

Or am I thinking of a different case?

[meegbear]

14. I believe it is ...

The unfolding legal dispute treads familiar ground.

Tiller spent three years battling a subpoena for a much smaller group of medical records sought by former Atty. Gen. Phill Kline, an opponent of legal abortion. The Kansas Supreme Court eventually forced Tiller to turn over 60 records on the condition that an independent lawyer first review them to redact names, addresses and other information not relevant to the criminal inquiry.

After Kline was voted out of office, his successor -- a supporter of abortion rights -- charged Tiller with the misdemeanors.

[Lasher]

16. Yeah, that's what I remember.

Kline was the enthusiastic Attorney General, then he ended up out of office. This appears to be a whole new fishing expedition against the same doctor. So I guess anti-abortion groups will be going after all clinics' records so they can pore through them to see if they can cook up charges. I didn't think the law was supposed to work that way.

[proud2BlibKansan]

39. And Bill O'Reilly claimed that Kline shared these medical records with him

Kline is just as slimy as Billo. He is now our county DA and one of the local TV stations did a piece in December where they found he only worked part time and doesn't even live in this county!

I am just as excited about Phill Kline leaving office as I am about bush leaving office.

[Doctor_J]

12. Maybe he can borrow Cheney's shredder

:shrug:

[tridim]

13. ACLU? Hello? nt

[fascisthunter]

32. Too Busy Aiding Craig

[tridim]

33. And Limbaugh. nt

[tandot]

17. The Republicans bring the inquisition back:

[KamaAina]

19. Aw crap! The files are all contaminated with skunk oil

from the last time the anti's hit our clinic. :P

[Jankyn]

20. Does anybody know...

...how HIPPA relates to this? Can't women refuse to allow access to their records?

Any of you folks in the health care field care to weigh in?

[northzax]

25. that's why they are theoretically

anonymized.

[Thothmes]

21. Didnt the Supreme Court

Rule on a case involving Rush limbaughs medical records here a few years ago. Some prosecutor wanted them to look for a pattern of drug abuse or prescription shopping.

[damntexdem]

22. The antichoice crowd has gunned for Tiller for years.

One of them literally. He survived the shooting. He'll likely survive this attack, too. But some patients will likely have their identities revealed and be targeted by hate messages, or worse.

[Virginia Dare]

23. When do Rush's medical records become public?

or Bush's for that matter?

[KansDem]

27. Fuck 'em. Destroy 'em. If the White House can destroy emails and videos...

...then Dr. Tiller can destroy his records.

Simple. We have a precedent set by the highest echelons of government.

This is why you don't put the loser in the White House...

You think I'm kidding? :grr:

[Stuart G]

30. I have to agree here....

I don't generally ever breaking the law..But here is one of those moral situations..Yes, these assholes have no right to these medical records. none. ...........so that is it.

[Solly Mack]

44. I agree. Destroy them

Now is not the time to play the obedient doormat (which all too many confuse with being "civilized" and "respectful of the law")

[fascisthunter]

28. Theocratic Fascism at Its Best. Look World, and See!

The middle east isn't the only place where religious nut cases try to oppress people's freedoms.

[depakid]

29. Kansas again

Nice job, Dems picking their boring governor for the response to the SOTU.

[LiberalFighter]

35. Best solution IMO would be for the doctor to return the medical records to the patients

Just don't have them mailed from the office. And from different locations.

And mail fake medical records to the judge pertaining to his wife, to the attorney general pertaining to his wife, etc.

[Omaha Steve]

36. Remember how Nixon's secretary accidentally erased some 18 minutes tape?

K&R for CHOICE!

[bunkerbuster1]

37. Yep, we need Rose Mary Woods to do her contortionist routine again.

[xchrom]

40. letter by letter, city by city, county by county

roe v wade goes away.

[momster]

43. How Did I Guess?

I knew as soon as I saw the headline that it *had* to be Kansas...again!

[Samantha]

45. I am against electronic medical records because of the privacy

issue. This is an excellent example of how the privacy of a person's medical treatment could be violated.

[LiberalHeart]

46. Before turning them over, they should change all the patients' names...

TO:
Barbara Bush
Jenna Bush
Laura Bush
Lynne Cheney
Ann Coulter
Michelle Malkin
etc.