By Peter J. Smith
TOPEKA, Kansas, July 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Kansas district attorney Phill Kline is fighting a critical primary challenge on August 5 that threatens his efforts to prosecute the only criminal case ever filed against the abortion giant Planned Parenthood in the United States and is asking pro-life advocates to join in his re-election fight.
Phill Kline’s case against Planned Parenthood has the potential of causing the billion dollar abortion giant to lose the $350 million dollars it receives from the federal government under Title X funds.
“He is up for re-election, and if he does not get past this August 5th primary, the candidate he is running against will not carry forward this criminal case,” said Jenn Giroux, Kline’s campaign manager.
Kline faces a stiff challenge from moderate Republican Steve Howe, who with other establishment party figures attempted to dissuade Kline from running for re-election.
Giroux spoke with LifeSiteNews and explained that Planned Parenthood has managed to delay trial for nine months since Kline charged them with 107 criminal counts – 23 felonies and 84 misdemeanors – for unlawful late-term abortions and other abortion-related crimes on October 16, 2007.
Kline’s evidence comes from subpoenaed medical records that indicate that Planned Parenthood in Johnson County willfully neglected to report instances of child rape, forged viability reports, and performed illegal late-term abortions.
The abortion giant has been hoping to wait out the clock on Kline’s term as District Attorney, just as they did when he was the Attorney General. However, if Kline defeats his primary opponent, and then goes on to win the general election, Planned Parenthood will have to face trial.
“If he does not win on August 5, this only criminal case in the country will go away forever,” Giroux stated.
Giroux said Kline’s battle for re-election is entering a critical phase and the campaign is trying to recruit 6,000 individuals or families to donate $50 each to raise $300,000 by July 22 – two weeks from the August 5 primary showdown. Giroux said the money is needed so the campaign can pay for and produce advertising on television, radio, and mail, and get maximum exposure time with the voters. The advertising will help Kline overcome the bias of the Kansas City Star, which is a fierce opponent of the Johnson County DA.
The Kline campaign has set up a website for this purpose called “StandWithPhill,” featuring a video explaining why Kline’s re-election is pivotal to the success of the pro-life movement and such an incredible threat to the abortion hegemon Planned Parenthood. (see https://www.standwithphill.com/)
“More importantly than anything Planned Parenthood is not going to be rewarded for their delay tactics that they hoped would get Phil Kline to leave office and the next prosecutor to drop this case and then they would be off scot-free.”
Giroux stated that Kline’s recent straw poll victory in a conservative part of the county has the campaign feeling very good about the primary; but the fight will be close as they make the final push to get out the word.
“It’s very close, but Phill Kline has 98% name recognition,” Giroux said. “The primary we feel very good about. It’s all about turning out his base.”
Early this July, Kline garnered the endorsement of Focus on the Family founder James Dobson. Dobson said he was speaking as an individual and rarely gave out endorsements, but said, “It is imperative that he win this contest.”
He continued, “Defeating Mr. Kline has become a national priority for the abortion industry, which funneled millions of dollars to Kansas for the purpose of demonizing him in the liberal media and ending his term as Attorney General.”
“If he is to successfully uphold the moral values that you and I and millions of Americans hold dear, particularly with respect to his battle against late-term abortion in Kansas, we must support his re-election campaign.”
To visit the StandWithPhill website:
https://www.standwithphill.com/
To visit Phill Kline’s website for reelection:
https://klineforda.com/
See related coverage by LifeSiteNews.com:
Arguments Conclude in Bizarre Case of Abortion Giant Suing Kansas Prosecutor
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jun/08061314.html
107-Count Grand Jury Indictment Against Planned Parenthood Could Open “New Front” in US Abortion Fight
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/oct/07102503.html
Commentary: In Defense of Phill Kline
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/feb/08022502.html