Question: What do you call it when a judge finds probable cause to allow a case to proceed, but the attorney general says he’s “skeptical” that the charges involved “have merit?”

Answer: Kansas abortion politics.

For nearly two years now, Phill Kline has used records obtained from Planned Parenthood and from George Tiller’s abortion clinic to try and prove that both the national group and the butcher are performing illegal late-term abortions in Kansas. Kline even lost an election over the issue, losing his job as attorney general to abortion-rights supporter Paul Morrison, who campaigned on the notion that Kline’s obtaining patient records violated medical privacy, even though the patients’ names were redacted. Morrison, a recipient of pro-abortion campaign dollars, cleared Planned Parenthood earlier this year. But Kline last week filed a 107 new charges, including 23 felony counts. The Kansas City Star reports:

Kline, Johnson County’s district attorney, accuses Planned Parenthood of falsifying and forging records, failing to maintain proper records and performing illegal late-term abortions. Supporting documents for the charges – 23 felonies and 84 misdemeanors – are sealed…

We are skeptical that these charges have any merit,” said Morrison’s spokeswoman, Ashley Anstaett. “We continue to wonder how much politics influenced Mr. Kline’s decisions to file these charges.” Morrison won’t be doing any further investigation of the clinic, Anstaett said.

National media including GQ, ABC News, and the Associated Press have run stories that quote lots of pro-abortion sources saying Kline is a dangerous ideologue and political crusader. But Kline has a different explanation for his relentless pursuit of law-breaking abortionists: “I’m passionately pro-life, and I believe laws should be enforced. There’s no doubt about it,” Kline said. “My oath is to enforce the law, and that is what I do.”