Nov 30, 2007 / 12:42 pm
A Kansas Supreme Court justice has ruled that the grand jury examining the case of a late-term abortionist can move forward with its investigation.
Abortionist George R. Tiller is being investigated for allegedly conducting illegal late-term abortions over the past four years. He already faces 19 criminal charges for violating a Kansas statute that bans abortions on viable babies after 22 weeks' gestation.
Tiller had filed a Writ of Mandamus asking for an exemption from the laws governing the convening of citizen-called grand jury investigations and demanding that the grand jury not be seated.
Kansas Supreme Court Justice Kay McFarland denied the request in a Thursday decision.