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neadodsGeorge Tiller shot dead walking out of church.
Doctor George Tiller survived clinic bombings, being shot in both arms, and years of violent threats. Women would come to him from all across the country, as he was the one of the very few who would perform late-term abortions.
Operation Rescue's smarmy obituary claims that it worked through peaceful channels (read: screaming at women, blocking the clinic, picketing his home and targeting his children) to stop him and fails to note that its many attempts only made him more convinced that his services were needed. OR's press release adds insult to injury by removing his title and claiming that the family needs to find Jesus, somehow missing the fact that the man was killed on the steps of a church. A church they claim they have the right to picket.) Priests for Life is apparently saying that the shooter may well be a woman angry over an abortion.
The police are looking for a powder blue Ford Taurus, license plate 225 BAB. A suspect has been arrested. It also turns out that he was not shot coming out of church, the killer went in and shot him as he handed out bulletins to people going into church, one of several ushers that day.
A grass-roots movement is already beginning to urge people to donate to Medical Students for Choice in his name.
Doctor George Tiller survived clinic bombings, being shot in both arms, and years of violent threats. Women would come to him from all across the country, as he was the one of the very few who would perform late-term abortions.
Operation Rescue's smarmy obituary claims that it worked through peaceful channels (read: screaming at women, blocking the clinic, picketing his home and targeting his children) to stop him and fails to note that its many attempts only made him more convinced that his services were needed. OR's press release adds insult to injury by removing his title and claiming that the family needs to find Jesus, somehow missing the fact that the man was killed on the steps of a church. A church they claim they have the right to picket.) Priests for Life is apparently saying that the shooter may well be a woman angry over an abortion.
A grass-roots movement is already beginning to urge people to donate to Medical Students for Choice in his name.
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Date: 2009-06-02 02:15 am (UTC)I went through childbirth and it wasn't a fun time but it was still much better than having a knife cut into me (and that is the thing - I chose to have a child. I made a choice. A woman is not a breeding cow to be forced to carry a child to term). It boggles the mind that anyone thinks that women want to have an invasive surgical procedure for fun. Because it's so awesome to be cut into! Yeah, right.
And you are right - I looked up the kind of fetuses he was aborting - most would have had a few brief and painful moments of life. It is absurd to think that under current US law any doctor could perform third term abortions when either the life of the mother was not at stake or the fetus was not viable and not be clapped into jail right away. UGHUGHUGH.
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Date: 2009-06-02 02:28 am (UTC)