****Condolences to Jeanne Tiller and the rest of George Tiller's Family****

Please accept our deepest, heartfelt sympathies for your loss. Know that a nation of women and their advocates grieve with you. It's not much consolation when you've lost someone that you loved and needed, but for what it's worth, George Tiller died a hero's death. He was an icon for millions of us who believe that circumventing the rule of law and targeting doctors for political persecution is morally abhorrent. He was a pillar of strength that stood firm behind the idea that our bodies belong to US, and that every woman should have the right to make her own decisions based on her own individual circumstances. He was courageous, standing up to decades of heckling, abuse, harassment, terror campaigns, and violence of fanatics who neither respect nor obey the very code of laws that they seek to change. His legacy will live far beyond him. Every time a doctor suffers taunts and threats for doing what he believes is right--and then does it ANYWAY; every time a woman squares her shoulders and walks past the line of crazies screaming obscenities at her, every time a woman squares her shoulders and walks into the clinic without caving to fear as fanatics hound and scream obscenities at her; every time We the People rise up at the ballot box to strike down laws that would put the women of this nation into chains; his memory will be honored in that act of defiance. Those who seek to make us tremble with your lies, your violence, and your terrorism--YOU WILL FAIL.

He was a hero to millions. But to you, he was George--the husband, the father, the man you loved and laughed with and needed as much as any of us need our loved ones. And so today, we remember him, and honor him, and mourn with you.

We wish you peace and comfort in the coming days. You are in our hearts, as is the memory of George Tiller.

On behalf of every woman who values her liberty, her autonomy, and her CHOICE--thank you.

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I am sure the Tiller's would appreciate your words very much, thank you.

Deepest sympathy to his family, friends and co-workers.
K & R

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May you rest in peace knowing what you have done for women !!

Forever greatful,
fly

May he RIP.

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to recommending a thread only once?

'Error: You've already recommended that thread.'

More than a hundred recs from me today.

Few people are true heroes to me. George Tiller was a true hero. :cry:

Dr. Tiller was a wonderful humanitarian with a compassionate heart. He was also a strong, principled patriot who believed that a woman should be able to make decisions about her own life without government interference. He practiced medicine according to his conscience and touched many with his healing hands and his courage. He will never be forgotten.

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Well said.

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Condolences to his friends and family. Sadness for the women who will need his service and not find it. :cry:

Thank you for this thread.

may he RIP

Thank you

. . . and I agree to the sentiments. :(

and eternal gratitude for a man who gave his life that others might live--the women who were his patients.

I have tears in my eyes all over again, it sums up everything I've been meaning to say.

Thank you George Tiller for helping so many women.

My sympathies to his family. He was a brave man to face the Hypocrisy of the 'Christians.'

you demonstrated against often agonizing odds in standing for what was right and just and lawful. God bless you and your family and friends.

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Thank you for posting this Lyric. :hug:

because he stood up to the hatred and violence and practiced his beliefs. I hope you find peace knowing he lived a good life.

"pro life" while a doctor walks into church.

What universe am I inhabiting where that happens?
I didn't think "those people" could stun me any further than they have in the past -- alas, sadly, they've sunk to a new low.

Sending all positive thoughts to the good doctor's family, office staff, and patients.

Carry on with your heads held high. You do for women what we treasure -- give us the dignity of our bodies and our lives.

Thanks for the thread.

I thank him for his long career of service to women's health. May he rest in peace.

Sonia

Dr. Tiller will always be a true hero, who cared properly for those without other resources.

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That a doctor could be killed because he performed a procedure that was perfectly LEGAL is so hard to believe, but I have to remember the zealots that we are up against.

My condolences to the family. I'm sure he is feeling quite the hero tonight. Idiot.

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To Dr. Tiller's family, friends, colleagues and patients. My own obstetrician was murdered by an Anti-Choice zealot.

He will not be forgotten.

No matter what one believes politically, he or she does not deserve to be gunned down in cold blood.
RIP Dr. Tiller.

He is a hero. I read his history, and I can't believe he kept going after being shot, his clinic bombed, being constantly threatened and under threat. What a brave soul.

The world is lessened by his loss.

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I promise you, THESE PIGS WILL PAY!!!

and condolences. A good man has been taken from us. May he rest in peace and may his family find comfort.

So very sorry.

Extraordinary bravery on the part of Dr. Tiller and his family.

What a brave, good man.

your efforts will not be in vain...

I feel sick about this.

Kicked and recommended.

compassionate people like this are gunned down for providing women with health services. It is frightening that the likes of randall terry can convince someone that this doctor needed to be murdered. Randall terry called Tiller a murderer. He is blameworthy also. No wonder their site is down. I'm sure they are busy scrubbing it down.

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With sympathy and respect for the time you will need to heal.

My heart goes out to you all. I am so sad to hear of this senseless act. :cry:

Peace

While obviously my main condolences lie with the fact their family member has died, I have even greater sympathy for them concerning the hellstorm that's already begun, and will continue to grow, following his death (Fox News, Westboro Church, etc.).

For he was a true human being. I hope thousands step up to take his place.
Thank you George Tiller.

I will be making a donation to Planned Parenthood in Dr.Tiller's honor. It is the least I can do for a man who fought so bravely for my right to choose.

in offering options to women. My deepest sympathy to the family for their loss.

Lyric said it all ... and so well. :grouphug:

terrible news.:-(

that your dear one helped so many and was loved. K&R

and this weekend brought back some nasty memories of high school in the early 90s, when Virginia Beach was one of the anti-choice battlefields with threats, bombs, bullets and armed escort, and the late 90s in college where I'm searching all the hate sites to make sure no one posted his address and photo with gun crosshairs on it...luckily, afaik my dad never had to deal with anything horrible other than some random light vandalism...

i guess like others, i had become complacent, thinking the brazen violence was a thing of the past, as the anti-choice groups tried to prop up a more peaceful, professional front image...but I fear things are starting to fall apart...my condolences to the Tiller family.

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We will not allow his sacrifice to be forgotten, nor yours.

I used to be pro-life, but I never advocated violence against doctors or patients. ChickMagic has always been pro-choice, and she was able to win me over to her side with a lot of patience and education.

The key word here is education. George Tiller was murdered and his church defiled by an assassin who apparently opposes the idea of women getting the education they need about their own health, let alone the ability to take the necessary steps to preserve it.

We are both truly sorry for the Tiller family's loss.

Dr. George Tillers murder is a tragedy.
Even though I may not agree with people on this forum or Dr. Tiller, the actions of fanatics should not be tolerated and I hope the killer is prosecuted.

The hardest hit will be the children and grandchildren, afterall, the reason Dr. Tiller worked in this dangerous field was for them.

The ChurchKillers forget that part.

Women. Women's lives, women's health, women's families. Actual human beings.

The reason "this field" became "dangerous" was because of religious hypocritical domestic terrorists who "may not agree" and use their "Pro Life" opinions to justify murder.

The "fanatics" are an organized, accomplished, branded movement of "Pro Life" domestic terrorism. Please don't pretend this was an individual act. It's insulting, as is your little "no matter how small" crap.

Anything further could be said would be insufficient.

He and his family put up with decades of harrasshment by insanely religious scumbags in order to provide his patients with care... and he finally paid for the rantings of those who promote such religious insanity with his life.

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my deepest condolences to Dr. Tiller's family.
i promise i won't rest until the persons responsible for the senseless murder are brought to justice.

I am not condoning his murder even though I disagree with what he did for a living. This is not the way to deal with those that you disagree with.
I am also amazed at some of the comments about people other than the shooter himself being responsible for Tiller's death and threats that have been stated.
I have to wonder how many here are posting their condolences about the two soldiers that were just shot by a converted muslim. One died. Soldiers have died for all of us to voice our opinions and are the real hero's.

I sincerely hope this act of terrorism will not stand.

Because he did, today I am a healthy mother of two healthy children.
I've tried to write this several time over the last day, but always ended in tears.
I have my family today because of Dr. George Tiller, and my thanks forever go to this tireless hero of a woman's right to health care, and my heartfelt sympathy to his family.
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What a heartbreak. My thoughts are with the family at this most difficult time. Ignorance + violence = tears.

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