Notorious Kansas late-term abortionist George Tiller – who is charged with failing to comply with state law – is challenging that very law, The Associated Press reported.
Tiller is claiming that the 1998 law requiring two unassociated doctors to approve a late-term abortion causes undue burden and is unconstitutional.
Last week Attorney General Paul Morrison announced that he'd filed 19 misdemeanor charges against Tiller for failure to obtain a second opinion from a doctor financially separate from his practice. If convicted, Tiller could be sentenced to up to a year in jail and face a $2,500 fine on each charge.
Ashley Anstaett, spokeswoman for Morrison, said the attorney general's office will defend the constitutionality of the law.
