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proud2BlibKansan

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Sun Jan 29, 2012, 01:01 PM Jan 2012

Judges in Kansas contributed to anti-abortion political action committee

Donations to Kansans for Life aren’t improper under current state laws.
BY DAVE HELLING

Campaign finance records show that at least two sitting Sedgwick County, Kan., judges have made contributions to the state’s leading anti-abortion political action committee — after hearing cases involving abortion-related issues.

Judges Eric Yost and Jeffrey Goering each gave $100 to the Kansans for Life PAC in 2011, according to the group’s finance disclosure statement. In January 2011, Goering issued a temporary order prohibiting a Wichita doctor from using her office for abortions because her landlord believed it would create a nuisance.

And in the mid 2000s, Yost was involved in the long-running legal dispute between former Kansas attorney general Phill Kline and George Tiller, an abortion provider who was shot to death in 2009.

Neither judge’s donation is considered improper under current Kansas laws and regulations.

“I believe it is appropriate for elected judges to donate to certain causes they support, and I’m proud of my support for Kansans for Life,” Yost said in an email to The Kansas City Star.


Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/28/3397634/judges-in-kansas-gave-to-anti.html#storylink=cpy

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