Kansas Politician Charged for Physical Attack on Pro-Life Advocate

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Could face up to one year in prison for battery during assault

By Gudrun Schultz

HUTCHINSON, Kansas, October 16, 2006
(LifeSiteNews.com) – A Kansas State Representative has been charged
with battery for an assault on a pro-life demonstrator at the Kansas
State Fair in September. Abortion opponent Troy Newman, president of
Operation Rescue, wore a cockroach costume and carried out political
satire skits with another man in a demonstration against the filthy,
unregulated conditions in Kansas abortion mills, during a leadership
debate. 

Democratic Rep. Vaughn Flora approached Newman in
the crowd and tore off his mask, wounding Newman’s head in the
process.  Flora is facing up to one year in jail and a fine not more
than $1,000 after the Reno County District Attorney’s office filed a
complaint charging Flora with intentionally and unlawfully causing
physical contact with Newman “in a rude, insulting or angry manner.”
The charges against the 61-year-old state representative constitute a
Class B misdemeanor. “I think Mr. Flora may need to take some anger
management classes to help him get his temper under control,” Newman
said, an Operation Rescue press release.

“As Christians, we pray for the repentance and
salvation of Mr. Flora,” said Newman. “I harbor no ill will against,
although his actions have made me question whether he is qualified to
hold a position in our state’s government. We just want to see him get
his personal problems worked out so he doesn’t attack anyone else.” Newman’s demonstration was directed against Gov.
Kathleen Sebelius for her failure to ensure adequate inspections and
minimum standards of hygiene in state abortion facilities. Operation
Rescue recently purchased a Wichita building that had housed an
abortion clinic, disclosing a cockroach infestation and other severe
sanitation offenses in the clinic.

Gov. Sebelius has twice vetoed bills that would
require regulation and inspection of abortion mills. According to
Operation Rescue, Sebelius has received significant funding from
notorious Kansas abortionist George Tiller, one of the most prominent
late-term abortionists in the country.  The Hutchinson News reported the pre-trial hearing is set for Nov. 21 at the Reno County District courthouse.

Read Operation Rescue coverage:
http://www.operationrescue.org/?p=473

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