See previous post, “Tiller trial opens today to abortionist fatigue.”
tiller 6666.jpgYesterday the trial of late-term KS abortionist George Tiller opened.
Tiller is accused of 19 counts of violating KS law by seeking a mandated 2nd opinion for late-term abortions from someone with whom he had financial ties, Dr. Ann Kristin Neuhaus.
Yesterday on the stand Neuhaus came down with Hillary Clinton I Don’t Seem to Recall Syndrome, even though the prosecution has granted her a wide swath of immunity.
First, this little nugget, from the Los Angeles Times

One of the 19 patients in question was 10 years old. Many of Tiller’s patients are women who discover late in their pregnancies that they are carrying severely impaired fetuses.

… which touches on much more serious charges Phill Kline intended to bring against Tiller: not reporting child rape and committing late-term abortions for reasons other than to prevent the death of the mother or “substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function,” both of which are KS law. This entire debacle is beyond scandalous.
Back to Neuhaus, who is scarily expected to be the state’s only witness (Recall the attorney general’s office, which is prosecuting, has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from Tiller in campaign funds to protect him.), here is a synopsis of her testimony, from the Fort Mill Times:

Neuhaus testified she was paid in cash by Tiller’s patients, who were told by his staff in advance to bring the cash to pay her. She also acknowledged that the only way the patients could see her was to make an appointment with Tiller’s office.
Neuhaus said she would see an average of 5 to 6 patients during the one day she came each week to Tiller’s clinic. Some of the abortion consultations with patients were done by phone, and Tiller’s staff would hold the cash payments for them until her next visit to Wichita, she testified….

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[Prosecutor Barry] Disney told jurors that Tiller recruited Neuhaus in 1999, making his Wichita clinic a “one-stop shop” for women seeking abortions. He said that Neuhaus was in essence an employee of Tiller, that the 2 were so close they had a legal and financial relationship prohibited by the law….
Disney noted in his opening statement that Tiller provided Neuhaus with legal advice from his attorney, including writing for her the referral form letter used to provide that second opinion. He said Neuhaus – who was paid by patients between $250 and $300 in cash for her consultation – was in essence an employee of Tiller.
“By 2003, Dr. Neuhaus was a full-time consultant for the defendant,” Disney said. “That is all she did. She had no other job, no other source of income.”

Tiller defense lawyer Don Monnat tried to argue Tiller got Neuhaus’ name from KS Board of Healing Arts’ former director Larry Buening. But according to ABC the judge said “he will likely keep out any evidence presented to back up that claim.”
Here is Operation Rescue’s coverage of Day 1.
[Photo courtesy of the Boston Globe]

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