Abortion opponents in Kansas use rare law to have grand jury investigate clinic

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Abortion opponents in Kansas use rare law to have grand jury investigate clinic
By LUCIE WOLKEN

November 7, 2007 | 9:36 p.m. CST

JEFFERSON CITY — An anti-abortion coalition has filed a petition in Kansas calling for a grand jury to investigate allegations of violations by the Overland Park, Kan., Planned Parenthood office.

The office is part of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, which oversees the clinic in Columbia.

The group’s petition, filed Friday, contained enough signatures from Johnson County registered voters to invoke a rarely-used Kansas law allowing state residents to call for grand jury investigations, according to Brian Newby, Johnson County election commissioner.

The coalition, Life is For Everyone, composed of Operation Rescue, Concerned Women For America and Women Influencing the Nation, is calling for a grand jury to investigate allegations such as illegal late-term abortions and illegal trafficking in fetal tissue that occurred between 2004 and 2007.

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