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Pro-Life groups react as trial set to begin for Scott Roeder
Scott Roeder, who was seen by eyewitnesses to shoot and kill Dr. George Tiller in his church last May, is set to stand trial in Wichita next week. After having his “necessity defense” rejected (that’s based on the idea that he was preventing some greater harm by killing Dr. Tiller and preventing future abortions) Roeder [...]
Operation Rescue: “We’re not dead yet”
Defiant as ever, Wichita-based Pro-Life activists Operation Rescue proclaim they’ve recovered from its financial crisis earlier this year. Presumably donations plunged after intense public backlash against the murder of Dr. George Tiller back in May – despite the groups clear repudiation of the accused killer, Scott Roeder. From their press release:
Recently, the Associated Press, along [...]
Operation Rescue is out of money, may shut down
“We’re so broke, we can’t even pay attention,” quipped Troy Newman, head of Operation Rescue, speaking to the Associated Press. The Pro-Life activist group based in Wichita, KS is apparently on the brink of shutting down, for lack of funds. He’s just sent out a desperate letter to supporters, adding that he’s working without pay. [...]
Anti-abortion protester shot and killed in Michigan
A member of Operation Save America (a splinter group of Operation Rescue), Jim Pouillon, age 63, was shot and killed at 7:20 am Friday morning, while protesting against abortion outside a high school in Michigan. Authorities say the suspect, Harlan James Drake, age 33, was offended by anti-abortion material that the activist had displayed across [...]
Tiller’s murderer considering “justifiable homicide” defense
Scott Roeder, who’s accused of shooting Dr. George Tiller to death in his own church, is hiring lawyer Michael Hirsch to present a “justifiable homicide” defense, according to the Associated Press.
Confessions of Tiller’s murderer
Scott Roeder, the man accused of shooting Dr. George Tiller, feels “relief and joy” that the doctor is dead, and expects to stay in prison a long time, according to an interview he gave the Kansas City Star. He showed no remorse in his testimony to the Star, calling the killing of abortion doctors “justifiable [...]
“Jane Roe” arrested outside Sotomayor hearing
Norma McCorvey, a.k.a. “Jane Roe” of the original Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Decision legalizing abortion, was arrested yesterday, protesting the Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Salon.com recaps Ms. McCorvey’s odd, fascinating journey from a symbol of the movement to legalize abortion to poster child for the Pro-Life movement. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Controversial abortion doctor George Tiller shot to death in Wichita
Dr. Tiller was gunned down today as he was heading into church in Wichita.
Dr. George Tiller is one of the few doctors in the country willing to perform certain kinds of late-term abortions – women fly in from all over the world to see him. This alone would make him controversial, especially in a town [...]