Guests: Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano & Mary Alice Carr, Director of Advocacy, NARAL
"A doctor in Kansas named George Tiller performs hundreds of late-term abortions every year--pregnant women from all over the country go to Kansas to have this ultra-controversial operation performed by Tiller, one of the few American doctors comfortable with partial-birth abortion. Under Kansas law, it is illegal to perform an abortion after 22 weeks, but there are exceptions for the health of the mother. Now, Kansas Attorney General Phil Kline wants to see the medical records of the women who submit to late-term abortions to check on the legality of the operations. Predictably, some pro-choice groups are fighting Kline's request, citing privacy rights. Talking Points realizes there are two sides to this story, but also knows that Dr. Tiller could be running a late-term abortion mill in violation of the law. I think the court must allow Kline to investigate these matters under the strictest supervision--privacy will be protected, but if someone is killing a baby that somebody will pay a huge price. Americans simply can not allow privacy to trump human life, and the courts must make a strong stand."
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Fox News analyst Andrew Napolitano and Mary Alice Carr of the pro-choice organization NARAL joined The Factor to discuss the Kansas situation. "You're wrong on a few counts," Carr told The Factor. "Dr. Tiller is one of the few doctors remaining in this country who will help women who have situations of life and health. There's no criminal activity occurring here." Napolitano defended the Kansas Attorney General's efforts to gather information about Dr. Tiller's patients. "There is evidence that late-term abortions were being performed on babies who could live outside the womb. Because of the maniacal attitude that defends abortion, which I believe is murder, these people are saying the right of privacy keeps the government from prosecuting murderers. Nothing could be more absurd." The Factor sided with Napolitano. "I believe, and the judge believes, that the state has to protect unborn babies after 22 weeks."