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August 20, 2012

Kansas Prosecutors Drop Planned Parenthood Case 
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Prosecutors in Kansas have dropped the nation's first criminal
prosecution of the reproductive health services group Planned
Parenthood, ending a five-year ordeal. Planned Parenthood's affiliate in
Kansas and mid-Missouri had faced charges of failing to assess the
viability of fetuses before abortions. Although most of the charges had
already been dismissed, prosecutors announced on Friday they were
dropping the entire case.

 

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