Phill Kline: Only Way To Enforce Law Is To See Medial Records
Kline has an op-ed piece in the Wichita Eagle (2.12.2008):
. . . Kansas cannot protect victims of abuse unless names are provided to investigators. State law makes reports on child sexual abuse mandatory, and when I was attorney general, I sought the names of children who received abortions — specifically so we could protect them. There are about 74 children each year, all 14 and under, who have abortions in Kansas, and not all of them got pregnant by an age-mate.
The bogus demand for "privacy above all else" undermines the safety net established to protect these victims. But child sexual predators count on abortion clinics to protect the "privacy" of the child victim under the banner of abortion rights.
As attorney general, I never sought the names of adult patients, and despite years of sensational media attention, patient identities have remained private. Meanwhile, four independent judges have found probable cause to believe that two Kansas abortion clinics committed 156 criminal acts based on just 90 redacted records . . .
Hat tip to the Americans U. for Life blog.