Anti-abortion group says it has patient records

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — An anti-abortion group says it has the patient records of dozens of women and girls who sought treatment at a Kansas City, Kan., abortion clinic last month — a claim the clinic's attorney says is meant to scare off potential patients and would suggest a crime was committed.

Troy Newman, the president of Wichita-based Operation Rescue, said a confidential informant delivered boxes to the group about two weeks ago that contained the records of 86 female patients who sought treatment at Central Family Medicine, a Kansas City, Kan., clinic also known as Aid for Women.

Newman said the records contained patient names, addresses and other identifying details, as well as information about patients' pregnancies. He said he didn't know how the man obtained the records, but he said the man insisted he obtained them legally.

Cheryl Pilate, an attorney for the clinic, said she contacted the FBI after someone broke into a locked Dumpster on clinic property about 10 days ago. She said doubts Operation Rescue's claims because she said there's no way the clinic would have discarded April patient records, and that documents of that nature always get shredded first.

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There is no way they got this by any other means but illegally. I have handled patient records and they are not discarded so carelessly. It is a matter of law in how patient records are handled.