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Dr. Tiller’s controversial neighbor
We’ve posted a Youtube clip of a scene which never made it into “What’s the Matter with Kansas?“ This clip seems germane to the moment at hand, when the abortion issue is being hotly debated and linked to violence.
The video is a mini-portrait of Choices Medical clinic of Wichita – a Pro-Life medical clinic right [...]
Phill Kline’s awkwardly timed appeal
In his column in the Wall Street Journal this morning, Thomas Frank tells the story of how former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline appealed to his supporters for donations to help him cover his debts from his legal battles with the late Dr. George Tiller as Kline repeatedly attempted to prosecute him for performing illegal [...]
Dr. Tiller’s clinic to close permanently
As we suspected, Dr. George Tiller’s abortion clinic, Women’s Health Care Services of Wichita, will close permanently. Once there were four abortion clinics in Wichita, now there are none.
This is part of a national trend. As Frontline covered in a recent documentary, abortion clinics are disappearing across the country. Fewer doctors are entering the practice. [...]
Can’t we all just get along?
Two days after his well-attended but ultimately peaceful funeral in Wichita, an editorial in the Wichita Eagle gives a nod to our movie’s coverage while bemoaning the impact the conflict over abortion has had in Wichita. The cry of anguish reminds us of beaten convict Rodney King’s plea after the L.A. Riots, “can’t we all [...]
The Tiller discussion continues
Reverberations from Dr. Tiller’s murder continue to spread, as the LA Times, Jezebel and Current.TV took notice of Salon.com’s coverage of our movie and its coverage of the Pro-Life movement in Wichita.
Not surprisingly, most of the angst is coming from the Pro-Choicers, who are devastated by the loss of one of the very few late-term [...]
Salon.com takes notice
Salon.com’s Broadsheet just posted a rumination on our coverage of Tiller’s clinic, the abortion issue, and its consequences in Kansas. You can find it here. In sum, Judy Berman writes, “each part of the clip is upsetting in its own way.” Certainly what we saw in Kansas will provide a big wake-up call for liberals, [...]
Kansas as a battleground state for abortion
Inevitably, the press has recognized that Kansas has an unusually combative culture when it comes to the abortion debate. The AP filed a story laying out the recent history. Here is an excerpt:
In part, it’s a power struggle — conservative Republicans, many of them evangelical Christian, battling over abortion and other hot-button social issues with [...]
Lake of Fire
Dr. Tiller’s murder has truly flayed open the national wounds over the abortion issue. Conversations on our Facebook page are fascinating but have become rather heated and our YouTube page is starting to resemble a bathroom stall at a truck stop. The act of killing a man who’s saved so many women’s lives and ended [...]
Dr. Tiller in context
Here’s a video – really an expanded scene from “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” – which gives some background on Dr. Tiller, his clinic, and his significance to the abortion issue and its reverberations into American politics. The Pro-Life movement made his clinic the focus of protests which, in 1991, sparked a conservative takeover of [...]
Still more thoughts on Dr. Tiller
The discussion on our Facebook page has been fascinating, here are some excerpts:
Connie Volkman at 12:23pm May 31
And what’s the matter with the so called Christians? They are not the Christinas that I associate with.
Alex MacKenzie at 12:28pm May 31
damn
Angel Fasulo at 12:29pm May 31
WOW
Patrice Lamoree at 12:32pm [...]
More thoughts on Dr. Tiller
Everyone with a stake in the abortion issue seems to have an opinion on Dr. Tiller’s murder and what it means. The Wichita Eagle has been collecting some choice responses. Here are some selections:
Operation Rescue
We are shocked at this morning’s disturbing news that Mr. Tiller was gunned down. Operation Rescue has worked for years through [...]