Kansas Abortion Clinic Will Not Reopen After Abortion Advocate Dr. George Tiller’s Murder

Kansas Abortion Clinic Will Not Reopen After Abortion Advocate Dr. George Tiller’s Murder and the anti-abortion activist suspected in the death of Kansas doctor George Tiller told CNN on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 that the closing of Tiller’s women’s clinic is “a victory for all the unborn children.”

The parishioners of the church where Dr. George Tiller was murdered in cold blood, watched Scott Roeder, 51, gunned down Dr. Tiller in his church, May 31st, 2009.

Roeder is quoted by CNN as stating, “if he is convicted in Tiller’s slaying, “the entire motive was the defense of the unborn.”

Tiller’s family stated Tuesday that, “the clinic he headed will permanently close, effective immediately, and they would issue no more statements.

When Roeder was told the clinic had been shuttered since Tiller’s death, he said, “Good.”

Roeder continued with, “the closure would mean ‘no more slicing and dicing of the unborn child in the mother’s womb and no more needles of poison into the baby’s heart to stop the heart from beating, and no more partial-birth abortions’.”

Dr George Tiller, 67, was one of the few U.S. doctors who performed late term abortions. He had already survived one attempt on his life before he was slain, having his clinic burned down. The announcement by Dr. Tiller’s family dismayed supporters of abortion rights.

Nancy Keenan, the president of Washington-based NARAL Pro-Choice America, stated that,”Tiller’s killing is  ‘part of an ongoing pattern of extreme anti-choice violence and intimidation’ aimed at depriving women of a legal medical option.”

“It is a sad day for our country when family members who stood by their husband and father as he endured countless anti-choice attacks are forced as a result of his murder to make a decision like this one,” Nancy Keenan continued in a statement issued Tuesday, May 9th, 2009.

Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, has expressed hope that other doctors “will be brave enough to come forward and continue Dr. Tiller’s critical work of providing services to women.”

“It is unacceptable that anti-abortion intimidation and violence has led to the closing of Dr. Tiller’s clinic. It illustrates the ongoing harassment endured by abortion providers and the resulting disservice to women across this country,” Northup said.

Roeder is incarcerated on first-degree murder and aggravated assault charges in Tiller’s death and for threatening parishioners in the church at the time of the murder. A Kansas judge has set his bail at $5 million.

Tiller’s family stated Tuesday, that it is, “proud of the service and courage shown by our husband and father,” and that it would honor his memory “through private charitable activities.” The statement promised his patients “that the privacy of their medical histories and patient records will remain as fiercely protected now and in the future as they were during Dr. Tiller’s lifetime.”

Kansas Abortion Clinic Will Not Reopen After Abortion Advocate Dr. George Tiller’s Murder and most of the leading U.S. anti-abortion groups have condemned Tiller’s killing and disavowed Roeder, saying they wanted Tiller’s clinic shut down, but through peaceful means. But, are they really guiltless in this hideous crime?

Relatives stated that, “Roeder had suffered from mental illness over the years and had refused treatment at times. He served prison time in Kansas in the late 1990s after being arrested with explosives in his car, but his conviction was overturned on appeal.”

Roeder stated Tuesday that “reports he has mental illness or schizophrenia are ‘totally wrong.’ He acknowledged having a drug problem at one point, but said he has been off drugs since he was 28 years old and has no mental illness.”

Does anyone out there think that walking into a church and threatening the whole church and killing someone in cold blood, in front of everyone inthe church, is sane???

CNN’s Rowland  said he attempted to discuss Tiller’s death with Roeder, pointing out that there were witnesses to the shooting and its aftermath who claim they saw Roeder leaving the scene and got a license plate from the car. Roeder nodded, Rowlands said, but still would not admit any culpability.

But “He didn’t say, ‘I didn’t do it,’ ” Rowlands said. “He didn’t say, ‘Get me out of here, I’m the wrong guy.’ ”

Federal civil rights prosecutors have launched an investigation into Tiller’s slaying, the Justice Department has stated…”The inquiry will focus on violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act and other applicable federal laws.”

Roeder was concerned about the possibility of federal charges, saying his lawyer has warned him that he will be facing them if he doesn’t stop talking. Too bad his lawyer didn’t tell him not to kill anyone in broad daylight with witnesses and then drive away in your own automobile, allowing people to get your licence plate.

This man is a cold blooded killer who is thriving on the attention he is getting and he considers himself a martyer for the cause.

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