November 8, 2011/Topeka, KS/Operation Rescue --
Open records received by Operation Rescue from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment raise more questions than they answer about the recent revelation that documents containing critical evidence against Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri were shredded under the Sebelius Administration.
Operation Rescue asked the agency for a broad range of documents and communications between KDHE and Planned Parenthood and/or the office of former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who now serves as President Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services.
KDHE provided a scant number of documents reflecting an e-mail request from Planned Parenthood's Sheila Kostas asking for information listed on Termination of Pregnancy (TOP) forms was made on August 10, 2005. The records show that KDHE's Greg Crawford complied with the request the following day.
"This exchange was revealing because of the informal way Kostas and Crawford addressed each other, and the speediness of the answer from KDHE concerning TOP information. It shows a friendly, working relationship that has some apparent history," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "Contrast that with the hostility expressed by KDHE in responding to an investigation by a pro-life Attorney General's office, and we have a troubling bias and motivation for evidence destruction."
