[Pflienews] PFLI E-News Update: Tainted Grand Jury Disbands Without Indicting Planned Parenthood

Tue Mar 4 07:29:45 MST 2008

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Tainted Grand Jury Disbands Without Indicting Planned Parenthood
Refusal to fully investigate is a slap in the face to the 6,400 voters 
who requested the investigation of illegal abortions and other crimes

OLATHE, Kansas, March 4 /Christian Newswire/ -- A citizen-called grand 
jury that was empanelled to investigate a Planned Parenthood in Overland 
Park, Kansas, on seven allegations of criminal misconduct disbanded late 
Monday without issuing an indictment after unanimously withdrawing the 
only subpoena they issued in the so-called investigation.

The proceedings were tainted by misconduct on the parts of the Judge 
Kevin Moriarty and special prosecutors, that included improper backroom 
deals cut with Planned Parenthood attorneys that denied critical 
evidence to the grand jury as a whole. The secrecy of the grand jury was 
compromised at every turn.

"The people of Johnson County should be offended that the grand jury 
made such a mockery of this investigation," said Operation Rescue 
President Troy Newman. "There is no way that they could have possibly 
investigated all seven allegations that the voters empanelled them to 
investigate without inspecting any documents from Planned Parenthood."

"It's shocking that Planned Parenthood was allowed to direct their own 
investigation and dictate to the grand jury what evidence would be 
provided, and even how they would be allowed to view the evidence," said 
Newman. "The entire process was corrupted, and Judge Moriarty is 
responsible for that corruption. We are considering the possibility of 
filing ethics charges against him."

Moriarty refused to allow members of the grand jury to inspect 16 
subpoenaed abortion records that had already had all patient-identifying 
information redacted, citing bogus privacy concerns. Instead, he 
personally took custody of the records and prepared a "spreadsheet" 
summary of information in the records. The grand jury was not allowed to 
view the evidence in context.

The L.I.F.E. Coalition, consisting of Operation Rescue, Concerned Women 
for America, and Women Influencing the Nation, led the petition process 
that convened the grand jury. The petition requested an investigation of 
Planned Parenthood for performing illegal late term abortions, failure 
to report child sex abuse, failure to provide legally mandated standard 
of care, filing false information with the state, illegal trafficking of 
fetal tissue, failure to comply with parental consent requirements, and 
the failure to enforce the required 24-hour waiting period.

"There's no way the public can take the conclusion of this grand jury 
seriously. We are considering our legal options to insure that true 
justice is done," said Newman.

Planned Parenthood still faces 107 criminal charges filed by the 
District Attorney's office in October of last year.

/About Operation Rescue
Operation Rescue is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist 
organizations in the nation. Operation Rescue recently made headlines 
when it bought and closed an abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas and has 
become the voice of the pro-life activist movement in America. Its 
activities are on the cutting edge of the abortion issue, taking direct 
action to restore legal personhood to the pre-born and stop abortion in 
obedience to biblical mandates. /

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Contact: Troy Newman, President, 316-841-1700;

Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor, 316-516-3034;

both with Operation Rescue, info at operationrescue.org

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