Turnabout play

Abortion: At a hearing in Kansas, late-term abortionist George Tiller attempts to put the trial against him on trial | Brian T. Johnson

Mike Hutmacher/The Wichita Eagle/AP

WICHITA, Kan.—It is in the nation's heartland that one of the world's leading abortionists practices his trade—Dr. George Tiller of Wichita, Kan., who claims responsibility for more than 60,000 "terminations of pregnancy." Charged with 19 criminal counts relating to late-term abortions, Tiller and his legal team put into practice this month the old adage that the best defense is a good offense.

Prosecutors allege that Tiller repeatedly broke a state law requiring a second, independent doctor to approve the medical necessity of a late-term abortion. But in a pre-trial hearing on the motion to dismiss charges, Tiller's attorneys sought to divert attention away from the evidence against their client and instead discredit the prosecution.

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