Tiller performed therapeutic abortions for women who wanted children.

babylonsister

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Sun May-31-09 01:48 PM
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Tiller performed therapeutic abortions for women who wanted children.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_05/018419.php

GEORGE TILLER ASSASSINATED.... George Tiller, a Wichita physician, was assassinated this morning while attending church serves in Kansas.

Tiller, 67, was shot just after 10 a.m. at Reformation Lutheran Church at 7601 E. 13th, where he was a member of the congregation. Witnesses and a police source confirmed Tiller was the victim.

No information has been released about whether a suspect is in custody. Police said they are looking for white male who was driving a 1990s powder blue Ford Taurus with Kansas license plate 225 BAB. <...>

Tiller has long been a focal point of protest by abortion opponents because his clinic, Women's Health Care Services at 5701 E. Kellogg, is one of the few in the country where late-term abortions are performed.

Tiller has long been a target for right-wing criticism, and had been shot before. His medical clinic, a constant target, had been vandalized earlier this month.

As Amanda Marcotte recently noted, "{Tiller} is one of the two doctors in the country that specializes in the very small percentage of abortions performed late in pregnancy (but before viability) done for health reasons, usually because the pregnancy is a danger to a woman's health or life, or because the fetus is dead or dying.... He's been shot in both arms, stalked by the attorney general's office under Phill Kline ... and charged with the crime of performing a bunch of illegal abortions, for which he was acquitted."

I emphasize this because it's a point that may go overlooked in much of the media coverage -- Tiller performed therapeutic abortions for women who wanted children.

Tiller, in other words, worked past the constant threats of violence to provide a service to women that few would. Today, he was apparently murdered for his efforts.

�Steve Benen

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Luminous Animal

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Sun May-31-09 01:52 PM
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1. Shot for providing health care.

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Enrique

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Sun May-31-09 02:00 PM
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2. I'm worried about his patients that were scheduled for surgery

if few doctors in the country perform his services, those patients might be in a tough spot.

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Sun May-31-09 02:12 PM
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4. Seems possible that if he was doing procedure where mother's health at risk, some may die now

Again, the anti-choice clown who did this probably ends up taking more lives. It galls me when they call themselves 'pro-life' but never think beyond their immediate emotions.

We need choice for reasons the damned fools never consider at all.

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JerseygirlCT

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Sun May-31-09 02:32 PM
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9. Exactly

And they don't want to consider any of it. To them, it's all got to be black or white.

Forget that the women seeking these medical services would almost to the woman give anything not to be in this position, but to be expecting a healthy baby. Forget that by being unable to receive the proper care, these women may die or face lifelong health problems. It doesn't matter. All that matters are fetuses and controlling women's reproductive choices.

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JerseygirlCT

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Sun May-31-09 02:29 PM
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8. This is part of the reason he's been so targeted.

He really is one of a very few in the US offering these services - at great personal risk. The terrorists know that taking him out leaves women in those awful situations with few or no choices.

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knitter4democracy

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Sun May-31-09 09:15 PM
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10. I'm hoping another doctor will come forward to help those patients.

I hope this shows the medical community that caving into these people won't change a damn thing except that women will suffer and even die for it.

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Sun May-31-09 02:03 PM
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3. I hope they treat this Christianist Terrorist like they do Islamist Terrorists n/t

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MuseRider

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Sun May-31-09 02:18 PM
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5. Thank you for posting this.

Yes he did. He did. I am just sick about this.

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Cha

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Sun May-31-09 02:21 PM
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6. Thanks, for this babylonsister..

To get to know more about Dr Tiller who was assassinated.

It's really sad.

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Sun May-31-09 02:21 PM
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7. those who believe abortion is murder seem to have no problem with ... uh, ... murder

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