Do your Kegels and clench, here comes the Kansas AG!

This is frightening:

Kansas attorney general demands abortion records
By John Milburn, February 24, 2005, Associated Press

TOPEKA, KS -- The Kansas attorney general is demanding abortion clinics turn over the complete medical records of nearly 90 women and girls, saying he needs the material for an investigation into underage sex and illegal late-term abortions.

Two clinics are fighting the request in Kansas Supreme Court, saying the state has no right to such personal information.

But Attorney General Phill Kline, an abortion opponent, insisted Thursday: "I have the duty to investigate and prosecute child rape and other crimes in order to protect Kansas children."

Kline is seeking the records of girls who had abortions and women who received late-term abortions. Sex involving someone under 16 is illegal in Kansas, and it is illegal in the state for doctors to perform an abortion after 22 weeks unless there is reason to believe it is needed to protect the mother's health.

Kline spoke to reporters after details of the secret investigation, which began in October, surfaced in a legal brief filed by attorneys for two medical clinics. The clinics argued that unless the high court intervenes, women who obtained abortions could find government agents knocking at their door.

The clinics said Kline demanded complete, unedited medical records for women who sought abortions at least 22 weeks into their pregnancies in 2003, as well as those for girls 15 and younger who sought abortions. Court papers did not identify the clinics.

The records sought include the patient's name, medical history, details of her sex life, birth control practices, and psychological profile.

"These women's rights will be sacrificed if this fishing expedition is not halted or narrowed," the clinics said in court papers.

State District Judge Richard Anderson ruled on Oct. 21 that Kline could have the files. The clinics then filed an appeal with the high court. No hearing has been scheduled.

So much for the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship! The investigation was a secret and the women who were the subjects would not even have known it was going on had it not been for the court proceedings. How would you like to find out that your most intimate medical and psychological information was in the hands of what is clearly a religious fanatic?

Let’s all have a warm hand for our good friends in the religious right.