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Dec 27, 2006 4:25 pm US/Eastern

Judge Will Not Restart Kansas Abortion Doctor Case

Wichita, Kan. (AP) ―

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A judge Wednesday refused to reinstate criminal charges brought by Kansas' outgoing attorney general against a Wichita abortion doctor who has long been the target of anti-abortion politicians, protesters and extremists.

Last week, Attorney General Phill Kline, a vocal opponent of abortion who was defeated for re-election in November, filed 30 charges against Dr. George Tiller, accusing him of performing 15 illegal late-term abortions in 2003 on patients ages 10 to 22 and not properly reporting details to the state.

Sedgwick County Judge Paul W. Clark threw out the charges on jurisdictional grounds less than day later. Kline then asked Clark to reinstate the charges, but the judge rejected that request during a hearing Wednesday.

Tiller's clinic, one of the few in the country to perform late-term abortions, has been a target of abortion opponents for decades. The clinic was bombed in 1985, and Tiller was shot in both arms by a protester in 1993.

The judge threw out the case after the Sedgwick County district attorney argued that Kline did not have authority to file the charges.