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Anti-Abortion Groups Use Grand Juries on Foes

Jun 17, 2008 3:01 PM CDT

Anti-Abortion Groups Use Grand Juries on Foes

New/old weapon springs from 19th-century statute

(Newser) - Anti-abortion activists in Kansas are using an obscure 19th-century statute to convene grand juries to hear evidence against abortion-performing doctors, the New York Times reports. In several states, citizens who collect enough signatures can circumvent prosecutors and order their own investigation of an alleged crime. A Kansas doctor, for example,...

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