Contact: Troy Newman, President, 316-841-1700; Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor, 316-516-3034; both with Operation Rescue, info@operationrescue.org

WASHINGTON, June 27, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- Operation Rescue calls on Pres. Barack Obama to withdraw the floundering nomination of Steve Six to the Federal Appeals Court.

"Based on the lack of support by Senators from Six's home state and Six's proven willingness to allow political and personal biases influence his professional decisions, Pres. Obama should spare the nation a protracted and divisive battle over this nominee and withdraw his name from consideration," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman.

Kansas Senators Jerry Moran and Past Roberts have each issued statements opposing the Six nomination. Votes on his confirmation have been delayed several times in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Six is a pro-abortion Democrat who was appointed by former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who now serves as Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services, to finish a term as Kansas Attorney General after Paul Morrison was forced to resign in disgrace amid an unseemly sex and abortion corruption scandal. Six was defeated last November in his own bid for Attorney General.

Even though Morrison had attempted in every way to subvert and obstruct investigations into Kansas abortion clinics, Six maintained and even advanced Morrison's flawed legal strategies.

• Six sought and received a gag order on evidence that Planned Parenthood "cooked the books," committing felonies to cover up for misdemeanors in a case where Planned Parenthood was charged with 107 criminal counts.
   
• Six sued Judge Richard Anderson, the records custodian in the Planned Parenthood case, to keep him from testifying about manufactured evidence in his possession.
   
• Six entered into a pre-trial stipulation agreement in the criminal illegal late-term abortion case against George Tiller that virtually assured Tiller's acquittal. The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts disagreed with Six and pursued their own case against Tiller, which was ongoing and advancing at the time of Tiller's death.
   
• When asked by the Senate Judiciary Committee about his involvement in abortion cases, Six gave implausible answers that called into question his honesty.

"It has become crystal clear that Six is too biased to serve," said Newman. "It's time for Obama to cut his losses and move on."

The public is encouraged to contact the White House and ask Pres. Obama to withdraw the nomination of Steve Six to the Federal Appeals Court.

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About Operation Rescue® 
Operation Rescue is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist organizations in the nation and has become a strong voice for the pro-life movement in America. Operation Rescue is now headquartered in a former abortion clinic that it bought and closed in 2006.  From there, Operation Rescue launches its innovative new strategies across the nation, exposing and closing abortion clinics through peaceful, legal means. Its activities are on the cutting edge of the abortion issue, taking direct action to stop abortion and ultimately restore legal personhood to the pre-born in obedience to biblical mandates.