Former Kansas Attorney General Phillip Kline lost his law license indefinitely on Friday after the Kansas Supreme Court found that he violated lawyer ethics rules in his prosecution of abortion providers.

In a unanimous decision, the court found that Kline, attorney general from 2003 to 2007, demonstrated “overzealous advocacy” and failed to operate “within the bounds of the law.”

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