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proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts) Mon Jun 11, 2012, 10:28 AM Jun 2012

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Kansas AG pays $644K to defend state abortion laws

TOPEKA, KAN. -- The Kansas attorney general's office paid outside lawyers more than $644,000 to defend anti-abortion laws enacted last year.

The office says it paid more than $328,000 as of Friday to Foulston Siefken, a Wichita firm helping defend a budget provision denying federal dollars for non-abortion services to Planned Parenthood.

Planned Parenthood has filed a federal lawsuit against the measure.

The attorney general's office paid more than $200,000 to Thompson, Ramsdell & Qualseth, of Lawrence, to help defend health and safety regulations for abortion providers. Kansas City-area physicians challenged the rules in federal court and then in state court.

The same law firm also received more than $116,000 for work on a federal lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union against a law restricting private insurance coverage for elective abortions.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/06/11/3652327/kansas-ag-pays-644k-to-defend.html#storylink=cpy

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Kansas AG pays $644K to defend state abortion laws (Original Post) proud2BlibKansan Jun 2012 OP

$644K that could have been been better spent preventing pregnancies. DCKit Jun 2012 #1

No problem... theyll just lay off several more teachers. HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #2

Umm, isn't that what AG's are supposed to do, MadHound Jun 2012 #3

Yes. But imagine what could be done with this money proud2BlibKansan Jun 2012 #5

Oh, I know, I know MadHound Jun 2012 #6

More wasted money. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #4

DCKit

(18,541 posts)

1. $644K that could have been been better spent preventing pregnancies.

Reply to proud2BlibKansan (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 12:24 PM

Jun 2012

Oh, the irony (that Republicans will never get).

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

2. No problem... theyll just lay off several more teachers.

Reply to proud2BlibKansan (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 01:27 PM

Jun 2012

MadHound

(34,179 posts)

3. Umm, isn't that what AG's are supposed to do,

Reply to proud2BlibKansan (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 01:30 PM

Jun 2012

Act as the state's legal representative in court?

proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)

5. Yes. But imagine what could be done with this money

Reply to MadHound (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 07:12 PM

Jun 2012

if defending abortion laws wasn't necessary.

MadHound

(34,179 posts)

6. Oh, I know, I know

Reply to proud2BlibKansan (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 07:19 PM

Jun 2012

Kansas shouldn't have those laws. But geez, what does your AG do if he isn't in court representing the state? That's what I find really, really odd.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

4. More wasted money. n/t

Reply to proud2BlibKansan (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 06:34 PM

Jun 2012

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