‘Dr. Satan, come out!’ Fed-State-Local Gov Are One's Who Have "Sown The Wind" (Dr/Friend Of Tiller)

‘Dr. Satan, come out!’
A Fayetteville doctor, himself a target of abortion protestors, says law officers failed to protect Dr. George Tiller
Dr. William F. Harrison
Updated: 6/11/2009

MURDERED: Dr. George Tiller.

Like Tiller, I too am an abortion provider. Since I stopped doing later abortions, between 18 and 24 weeks, I have sent most of my patients seeking late second trimester abortion to Dr. Tiller's office. Some were women who faced a major threat to their life or health if they were to continue with what had been a wanted pregnancy. Or their wanted baby was diagnosed with a major anomaly incompatible with survival for more than a few days or years and only then, a life of suffering and incredible pain.

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After doctors and staff members began to be murdered in the 1990s, a Democratic Congress and Democratic president passed and signed into law the FACE act, which was supposed to make activities like those taking place in front of my office in the 1980s and Dr. Tiller's office since 1985 a federal crime. Many of us thought that this would make people like me, and Dr. Tiller and his patients and staff, less susceptible to the activities that continued at his office. But such activities increased during the Bush years.

A common pious remark among many on the Religious Right whose activities incited the murder of Dr. George Tiller is, "He sowed the wind and now he has reaped the whirlwind."

Federal, state and local governments, in allowing the religious terrorists — as dangerous as those who kill in the name of Islam — to continue their attacks on Dr. George Tiller, his staff and his patients and their families for the past 22 years are the ones who have "sown the wind." Now, unless there is government action on all levels, many more of us will "reap the whirlwind."

(long and beautiful letter IMHO)more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/6/11/741114/-Dr.-Satan!Come-Out!

This is a must read for all supporters of choice.



This is the mentality we're up against.

Beautifully written.

I can't imagine what it's like to be harassed continuously for 22 years by providing a "well needed" service for women in this country. Their beliefs are dangerous and often deadly. I fear things are only going to get worse.

Thanks for sharing!

K & R