"Pro Life" Movement Member Kills Abortion Doctor

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alfred russel

May 31, 2009, 02:39:48 PM
QuoteDoctor who performed abortions shot to death

(CNN) -- Dr. George Tiller, whose Wichita, Kansas, women's clinic has been the target of anti-abortion protests for years, was shot and killed at his church Sunday morning, his attorneys said.
Dr. George Tiller was one of the few U.S. physicians that performed late-term abortions.

Dr. George Tiller was one of the few U.S. physicians that performed late-term abortions.
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Laura Shaneyfelt, an attorney with the firm of Monnat and Spurrier, confirmed Tiller's death to CNN.

The 67-year-old doctor was one of the few U.S. physicians who still performed late-term abortions. He survived a 1993 shooting outside his clinic.

Wichita police said they were searching for a powder-blue Ford Taurus in connection with the killing, which took place outside Reformation Lutheran Church shortly after 10 a.m.

Witnesses provided a license number of the car the killer used to speed away from the church, police spokesman Gordon Bassham said.

The anti-abortion group Operation Rescue, which has led numerous demonstrations at Tiller's clinic, condemned the shooting as a "cowardly act."

"Operation Rescue has worked for years through peaceful, legal means, and through the proper channels to see him brought to justice," the group said in a statement. It offered its prayers for Tiller's family, "that they will find comfort and healing that can only be found in Jesus Christ."

Abortion is one of the hottest buttons in U.S. politics, with opponents arguing the practice is tantamount to the murder of an unborn child. Abortion rights supporters argue that the decision to terminate a pregnancy is best left to the woman.

On its Web site, Operation Rescue refers to Tiller as a "monster" who has "been able to get away with murder," and abortion rights opponents have launched several efforts to get his clinic shut down.

In March, Tiller was acquitted of 19 counts of performing procedures unlawfully at his clinic. In 2008, a probe initiated by abortion opponents who petitioned state authorities to convene a grand jury ended without charges.

The 1993 attack on Tiller left him wounded through both arms. An ardent foe of abortion, Shelley Shannon, was convicted of attempted murder and is serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison for the shooting.

If Tiller was slain because of his work, he would be the fourth U.S. physician killed by abortion opponents since 1993. In addition, a nurse at a Birmingham, Alabama, clinic was maimed and an off-duty police officer was killed in a 1998 bombing by Eric Rudolph, who included abortion among his list of anti-government grievances.

Rudolph admitted to that attack and three other bombings -- including the 1996 attack on the Olympic games in Atlanta, Georgia -- and is serving life in prison.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/31/kansas.doctor.killed/index.html
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Martinus

#1
May 31, 2009, 03:07:35 PM
But... Christianity is a religion of peace.  :cry:

Norgy

#2
May 31, 2009, 03:10:22 PM
Why can't they call themselves what they are?
They're not pro-life, they're pro-fucked up lives.

CountDeMoney

#3
May 31, 2009, 03:14:24 PM
Boy, talk about a really late-term abortion.

Just as I forecast back on the old Languish last year, the anti-choicers will definitely be coming out of the woodwork now that there's a Democrat president again.

Razgovory

#4
May 31, 2009, 03:14:31 PM
Conservative terrorists strike again. :mad:
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alfred russel

#5
May 31, 2009, 03:23:38 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 31, 2009, 03:14:24 PM
Boy, talk about a really late-term abortion.

Just as I forecast back on the old Languish last year, the anti-choicers will definitely be coming out of the woodwork now that there's a Democrat president again.

A poll comes out showing a majority of the country is pro life, so it was time for them to do something stupid to turn off most of the public again.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There's a fine line between salvation and drinking poison in the jungle.

I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
-garbon, February 23, 2014

Scipio

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May 31, 2009, 03:24:57 PM
Quote from: Martinus on May 31, 2009, 03:07:35 PM
But... Christianity is a religion of peace.  :cry:
No, that's Islam.  Moron.
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CountDeMoney

#7
May 31, 2009, 03:31:04 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on May 31, 2009, 03:23:38 PMA poll comes out showing a majority of the country is pro life, so it was time for them to do something stupid to turn off most of the public again.

At least this will add impetus to Obama's DOJ restarting the Abortion Clinic Violence Task Force, which Father Ashcroft so conveniently disbanded.

Phillip V

#8
May 31, 2009, 03:36:24 PM
Do we know that the shooting was abortion-related? Perhaps he owed some drug money.

Martinus

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May 31, 2009, 03:56:01 PM
Quote from: Phillip V on May 31, 2009, 03:36:24 PM
Do we know that the shooting was abortion-related? Perhaps he owed some drug money.

Magic 8-Balls says: signs point to yes.

Neil

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May 31, 2009, 04:29:07 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 31, 2009, 03:31:04 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on May 31, 2009, 03:23:38 PMA poll comes out showing a majority of the country is pro life, so it was time for them to do something stupid to turn off most of the public again.

At least this will add impetus to Obama's DOJ restarting the Abortion Clinic Violence Task Force, which Father Ashcroft so conveniently disbanded.
Oddly enough, there weren't many doctor-shootings when the Republicans were in the White House.  Democrats are soft on crime.
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Zanza

#11
May 31, 2009, 05:02:54 PM
I am normally against the death penalty, but perhaps it would be fitting for the pro-life killer. :P

PRC

#12
May 31, 2009, 05:17:22 PM
Late-term abortions are heinous.

alfred russel

#13
May 31, 2009, 07:02:00 PM
Quote from: Zanza2 on May 31, 2009, 05:02:54 PM
I am normally against the death penalty, but perhaps it would be fitting for the pro-life killer. :P

Death penalty by rusty hanger perhaps?
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There's a fine line between salvation and drinking poison in the jungle.

I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
-garbon, February 23, 2014

CountDeMoney

#14
May 31, 2009, 07:30:55 PM
Quote from: PRC on May 31, 2009, 05:17:22 PM
Late-term abortions are heinous.

And their availability happens to be necessary.
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