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Judge Drops Charges Against Abortion Doc

Friday, December 22, 2006 11:49:09 PM
By ROXANA HEGEMAN

Lee Thompson, left, and Dan Monnat, attorneys representing Wichita-based physician and abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, field questions from the media at a news conference,  Friday, Dec. 22, 2006, at the Thompson Law Firm in Wichita, Kan. Recently defeated Attorney General Phill Kline, a vocal opponent of abortion, has filed criminal charges against Tiller, Tiller's attorneys said Friday. (AP Photo/Larry W. Smith)WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas' attorney general, a vocal abortion opponent, charged a well-known abortion provider with illegally performing late-term abortions, but a Sedgwick County judge on Friday threw out the charges after less than a day.

Judge Paul W. Clark dismissed the charges against Dr. George Tiller at the request of Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston, who said her office had not been consulted by Attorney General Phill Kline.

Clark signed his one-page order only hours after Kline's complaint against Tiller was unsealed.


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