U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten ruled Tuesday in favor of convening a grand jury in Sedgwick County, Kan., to investigate notorious late-term abortionist George Tiller, the Wichita Eagle reports. Tiller's attorneys had asked the judge to stop the process.
Kansans for Life last week delivered a petition that contained 7,857 signatures asking the Sedgwick County District Court to convene a grand jury and appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate Tiller. Petitioners want the grand jury to examine late-term abortions that Tiller performed during the past five years and the reasons cited for the abortions. According to the Eagle, it will be the fifth investigation of Tiller since 2006.
"Tiller's attorneys are fighting tooth and nail to thwart justice," Operation Rescue President Troy Newman said Wednesday. "We expect Tiller's lawyers to try every devious trick in the book to keep Tiller from having to darken the doorway of a courtroom."
