Pro-Lifers handed victory in Kansas Supreme Court

Pro-Lifers handed victory in Kansas Supreme Court

Kansas pro-lifers have been handed a court victory today in a case involving a late-term abortion doctor.

A grand jury has being asked to investigate Doctor George Tiller over his alleged involvement in illegal late-term abortions in the state of Kansas. The investigation comes after Attorney General Paul Morrison filed 19 criminal charges against Tiller, claiming that the Kansas doctor violated a state statute banning abortions on babies after 22 weeks gestation.

However, Tiller filed a Writ of Mandamus asking for a special exemption from grand jury investigation. But Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Kay McFarland ruled today that his petition is denied, and that the investigation can move forward. Troy Newman is president of Operation Rescue, one of the leading pro-life organizations in the U.S. He says that today's ruling is a major victory.

"We believe that this is a great victory. Because it shows that the courts must uphold the standard of law, and the law is on the side of the people," He says. "The problem has been enforcement in the state of Kansas and the people are now going to hopefully, prayerfully, see indictments and convictions of the nations largest abortionists."

According to a press release by Operation Rescue, a date for the seating of the grand jury has yet to be set.