Pregnancy police

I've said it before and I'll keep saying it until it spreads like wildfire (or butter, or sunblock) over the internets:

When Republicans say they're for "smaller government," maybe that's code for "a tiny government that will fit inside your uterus." The Kansas AG wants the complete medical records of some 90 women who had late-term abortions as part of a hunt for criminal activity:

[Kansas AG Phil Kline] is seeking the women's names, sexual history and medical details, saying he wants to investigate possible child rape or illegal abortions.

But the clinics involved accuse Mr Kline, an abortion opponent, of trying to launch a "secret inquisition".

They say he is "fishing" rather than investigating a specific crime and want the state Supreme Court to intervene. ...

In the appeal to the Kansas Supreme Court the two clinics, which have not been named, said the records contained "the most intensely private information a woman can disclose", adding that much of the information would be irrelevant in any criminal investigation.

If the records were disclosed, the claim continued, "the logical and natural progression of this action could well be a knock on the door of a woman... by agents of the attorney general who seek to inquire into her personal, medical, sexual, or legal history".

How repugnant, Kline's efforts to invade the privacy of these women, who have already had to make a hard decision, undergo an invasive procedure, and then get on with their lives. They don't need a visit from the Aborter Patrol. And whatever happened to doctor-patient confidentiality?

I have to wonder if things would be this way if Bush were a woman. (Click link only with mouth empty. Thanks, krazypuppy.)