May 07, 2008
Court Limits Grand Jury's Power in Abortion Case
TOPEKA, Kan. - The state's highest court allowed a grand jury to keep investigating one of the few U.S. doctors who performs late-term abortions but limited its power to subpoena his patients' records. The Supreme Court refused to strike down the law abortion opponents used to force Sedgwick County to convene the grand jury to investigate whether Dr. George Tiller violated state restrictions on abortion. The high court also declined to quash subpoenas it issued to Tiller and Attorney General Steve Six. Read more...Posted by Webmaster at May 7, 2008 11:39 PM
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