by Mary K. Culp

Four late-term abortionists and the staff of George Tiller's Wichita abortion clinics enjoyed a posh, private dinner with Governor Kathleen Sebelius last May, according to photos revealed today by Operation Rescue.  All photos here:(http://operationrescue.org/photos/main.php?g2_itemId=4190) >

I am particularly offended by the fact that Tiller brought his whole staff, in particular fellow abortionist Leroy Carhart, although he may have come in handy breaking open any lobster shells."  In 1997 Carhart testified to twisting off the extremities off unborn children while they were still alive.

   Photo: Tillers and Staff 

Governor Sebelius' claim that dinner for these late-term abortionists was "only" an auction donation, is either bogus or beside the point.  She knew when she donated it to this extreme pro-abortion group, that it would likely go to an extreme pro-abortion supporter, and indeed it did!

Sebelius said yesterday that the reason she hosted  George Tiller and his staff for a private dinner or party event at the Governor's Mansion two years ago on April 9, 2006, was because he won it as an auction item at the 2006 TORCH dinner given by the Greater Kansas City Women's Political Caucus.

   Photo:  Governor & Tiller shake hands

While the only Sebelius donation on the original list of auction items was a pewter bowl, www.kansasmeadowlark.com now reports that the KC Star Primebuzz of September 21, 2006 said under "Torch Tidbits" that " A late-arriving from Wichita Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius also was well received, particularly when she offered up as an unexpected auction item dinner for six with her and the First Dude at the Governor's Mansion ." 

The "dinner donation" secured by Tiller came at the September, 2006 Torch dinner, four months after Sebelius vetoed SB528. 

This was a bill that merely added one question: "Is the pregnant woman threatened by a mental or physical danger?" to a state late-term abortion statistical report.  The report NEVER has patient identifiers, such as name, address, phone, birthdate, etc,  yet Sebelius claimed that personal privacy was threatened when the general nature of a medical condition is reported on an anonymous form.  Now that is abortion protection!


The Governor's spokeswoman now claims the dinner was merely a dinner the governor donated to be auctioned at the 2006 TORCH Dinner.  The TORCH dinner is an annual fundraiser for The Greater Kansas City Women's Political Caucus PAC, GKCWPC-PAC, a political action group dedicated to electing pro-abortion candidates in Kansas and Missouri. (http://www.gkcwpc.org/endorsements/endorsements_start.php)
 

It doesn't matter if the Tiller party was an extension of the TORCH auction dinner for six, or another event altogether as the source of the pictures claims.  What matters most is that late-term abortionist George Tiller and his entire staff got to party-hardy at our tax-funded Governor's mansion while he was under criminal investigation by the attorney general! That ought to matter to every citizen, no matter what their abortion stance is.  

Governor Sebelius, Tiller and former AG Paul Morrison have all been special guests at the TORCH dinner over the years.  Tiller's political action group, ProKanDo, has significantly donated to GKCWPC-PAC.   (http://www.efg2.com/Meadowlark/PAC/GKCWomen/index.htm)

Any dinner Sebelius "donated" at the tax-paid Governor mansion is an abomination, as it was donated to specifically elect candidates and protect the abortion industry.  We have never heard of her donating any free dinners to annual events supporting crisis pregnancy centers statewide or the fetal hospice centers in Kansas City and Wichita.

   Photo: Trifecta T-Shirt gift from Tiller

Even if it's true that Tiller won this reception, it doesn't explain the Governor holding up a T-shirt, while pointing to Tiller, which celebrates the 2006 Kansas political wins of Sebelius, Parkinson and Morrison.  Only Dr. Tiller's direct political involvement with those three candidates explains that.

The gleeful "Trifecta" T-shirt, celebrating the Sebelius -Parkinson-Morrison election, clarifies why Tiller enjoyed dinner with Sebelius; Tiller has bought Sebelius' vetoes of duly-passed laws protecting women an unborn children, in 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2008, as well as protection from criminal prosecution by the Attorney General's office.

Nearly half of all Kansas abortions are done on non-Kansans, whose states have tougher abortion laws and enforcement. Our state's weak teen abortion protocol, authored largely by then-state-rep Sebelius in 1992, contributes to this scandal.