Phill's LLast Hurrah

Kansas' rabid anti-abortion attorney general Phill "God meant for me to have two Ls" Kline - last seen by Jacob Sullum taking a sweet consolation prize after voters ousted him - is making one last, futile attack against the state's most controversial abortionist. A final "surge" of lawsuits, if you will.

Kansas' attorney general, a vocal abortion opponent, has filed criminal charges against Wichita abortion provider George Tiller, the doctor's attorney said Friday.

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Tiller's clinic, known for being one of the few in the country to do late-term procedures, has been a high-profile target of anti-abortion protesters for decades. The clinic was bombed in 1985, and Tiller was shot in both arms by a protester in 1993.

Kline, who lost his re-election bid in November and leaves office in three weeks, has been investigating whether Tiller and other abortion providers performed illegal late-term abortions in Kansas or failed to report suspected child abuse as required by law.

Laugh if you want. In a few years, we'll all be begging for representation from Nifong Kline LP.