Nation IN BRIEF : KANSAS : White House Denies Aiding Protesters
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Bush Administration insisted it is not siding with protesters who have blockaded two Wichita, Kan., abortion clinics, even though it has filed legal documents opposing a federal judge’s injunction against the demonstrations. The Justice Department filing unleashed a storm of protest from women’s groups, which charged that the action condones mob violence. In Kennebunkport, Me., President Bush said the intervention is based solely on a “jurisdictional problem.”
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