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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Jurors have found one of the nation’s few late-term abortion providers not guilty of violating Kansas law requiring an independent, second opinion for the procedure.
Dr. George Tiller was acquitted today of 19 misdemeanor charges stemming from some abortions he performed at his Wichita clinic in 2003.
Jurors found that he did not break a state law requiring that two Kansas physicians without legal or financial ties sign off on any abortion once a fetus can survive outside the womb.
If convicted, Tiller had faced a year in jail or a fine of $2,500 for each misdemeanor charge.
Tiller faced 19 misdemeanor charges stemming from some abortions he performed at his Wichita clinic in 2003.
Dr. Ann Kristin Neuhaus provided second opinions on late-term abortions before Tiller performed them.
Prosecutors contended they had an illegal financial affiliation.
In closing arguments Friday, prosecutors pointed to Tiller’s journal about a 1999 conversation between the doctors over Neuhaus’ fee as the “smoking gun” in their case.
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