Post by Logan on Jun 5, 2016 10:14:29 GMT -6
Abortion rights groups target Schaefer over Planned Parenthood documents
Abortion rights supporters, seizing on a report that Sen. Kurt Schaefer has not looked at the documents he spent months trying to pry out of Planned Parenthood, on Thursday accused him of engaging in a political charade to win votes in the upcoming Republican primary for attorney general.
Alison Dreith of NARAL Pro Choice Missouri and Rep. Deb Lavender, D-Kirkwood, called on Schaefer, R-Columbia, to close out the investigation of Planned Parenthood begun last year.
Schaefer and Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Glendale, and Todd Scott, Senate Republican Caucus attorney, were appointed to examine the documents provided after negotiations over subpoenas and a citation for contempt aimed at Mary Kogut, president of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri.
Planned Parenthood agreed to provide a limited number of documents, without disclosing patient information. The documents are being kept in the offices of Jefferson City attorney Chuck Hatfield and can be examined, but not copied, during a 60-day period ending June 20.
Read more: www.columbiatribune.com/news/politics/elections/abortion-rights-groups-target-schaefer-over-planned-parenthood-documents/article_838aa347-787f-532a-93b9-21c9dee63396.html
Abortion rights supporters, seizing on a report that Sen. Kurt Schaefer has not looked at the documents he spent months trying to pry out of Planned Parenthood, on Thursday accused him of engaging in a political charade to win votes in the upcoming Republican primary for attorney general.
Alison Dreith of NARAL Pro Choice Missouri and Rep. Deb Lavender, D-Kirkwood, called on Schaefer, R-Columbia, to close out the investigation of Planned Parenthood begun last year.
Schaefer and Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Glendale, and Todd Scott, Senate Republican Caucus attorney, were appointed to examine the documents provided after negotiations over subpoenas and a citation for contempt aimed at Mary Kogut, president of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri.
Planned Parenthood agreed to provide a limited number of documents, without disclosing patient information. The documents are being kept in the offices of Jefferson City attorney Chuck Hatfield and can be examined, but not copied, during a 60-day period ending June 20.
Read more: www.columbiatribune.com/news/politics/elections/abortion-rights-groups-target-schaefer-over-planned-parenthood-documents/article_838aa347-787f-532a-93b9-21c9dee63396.html