NewsApril 20, 2016
Planned Parenthood asks to subpoena ex-Missouri Senate head
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Planned Parenthood regional official who faces a hearing next week in the Missouri Senate wants to call witnesses in her defense, including former president pro tem Tom Dempsey. A Senate hearing is scheduled for Monday to consider whether Mary Kogut, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, should be held in contempt for defying a subpoena seeking documents about how Planned Parenthood handles fetal remains...
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Planned Parenthood regional official who faces a hearing next week in the Missouri Senate wants to call witnesses in her defense, including former president pro tem Tom Dempsey.
A Senate hearing is scheduled for Monday to consider whether Mary Kogut, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, should be held in contempt for defying a subpoena seeking documents about how Planned Parenthood handles fetal remains.
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The Kansas City Star reported Kogut's lawyer, Chuck Hatfield, said Kogut wants to call three witnesses, including Dempsey, who created the committee seeking the documents.
Senate Republicans' attorney Todd Scott said Planned Parenthood is relying on a law that allows an accused party to subpoena witnesses. He doesn't think that law extends to contempt proceedings.
Information from: The Kansas City Star, http://www.kcstar.com
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