SCHotline Press Releases

From:    Holly Gatling, Executive Director

Subject:    Stand up for Life March and Rally, January 12, 2008

The 35th annual Stand Up for Life March and Rally will be January 12, 2008, in Columbia.  Our speaker is Phill Kline, the Johnson County, Ks., district attorney who has filed more than 100 criminal charges against Planned Parenthood of Kansas. (see article below). The Knights of Columbus will lead the March and Joyful Sound of North Greenville University will provide the inspirational music.

Please mark your calendars and forward this information to your church, school contacts, and friends.  Attached are rally flyers in both pdf and Word.

Kansas Official Files Charges Against Planned Parenthood Abortion Center
Kansas City, KS (LifeNews.com) — Another battle over the allegedly illegal abortions done at a Kansas City Planned Parenthood abortion center is brewing. Late Wednesday, Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline, the former state attorney general, filed over 100 criminal charges against the abortion business in Overland Park. The 107 counts include 23 felonies and 84 misdemeanors and they include 29 misdemeanor counts of doing illegal late-term abortions. The complaints also allege that the Planned Parenthood facility failed to maintain proper records, falsified information, and did not follow laws about determining viability. A hearing is slated to take place on the charges on November 16. Peter Brownlie, president and chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, told the Associated Press that the abortion business follows the state law. “I’ve heard nothing at all about specific charges that have been filed,” Brownlie said. “We always provide high-quality care in full accord with state and federal law.” Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison, who replaced Kline, dismissed all of the charges Kline filed against the abortion center when he was the attorney general and his spokeswoman Ashley Anstaett told AP he doesn’t think these new charges have any merit. Read the complete story.