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In a faceless building by the freeway, George Tiller performed thousands of abortions a year. Some of his patients were well advanced in pregnancy -- seven, eight, even nine months along. And so his clinic became a battleground.
Fewer than 1% of all abortions in the U.S. -- perhaps 1,000 a year -- are performed late in the second or third trimester. But they are a potent symbol of a deep cultural divide. In the abortion debate, little elicits more emotion than the idea of killing a viable fetus, weeks or even days from birth.
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Abortion debate: I knew George Tiller, and he was a good man who ...
Jun 1st, 2009 - MiamiHerald
I knew George Tiller. A God loving, courageous humanist, he never intended to devote his medical practice to abortion. His life course changed upon the death of his father, also a physician...
Doctor's slaying a setback for common ground on abortion
Jun 1st, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington -- In calling last month for a "common ground" on abortion, President Obama launched his search for an unlikely political sweet spot -- a popular stance on an issue that has long been dominated by extremes.
Murder Charge in Killing of Tiller
Jun 1st, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
WICHITA, Kan. -- Scott Roeder has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of late-term-abortion provider George Tiller at his in church. The 51-year-old Mr...
Bruce Wilson: Anti-Gay Marriage Pro-Prop 8 Leader Called For Antiabortion Martyrs
Jun 1st, 2009 - The Huffington Post
On Sunday May 31, 2009 Kansas City late-term abortion doctor George Tiller was allegedly gunned down in the lobby of his church by a man, Scott Roeder, who had ties to the racist wing of the militia movement...
Killing puts abortion foes on defense
Jun 1st, 2009 - MSNBC
WICHITA, Kan. - The slaying of a Kansas abortion doctor put the anti-abortion movement on the defensive Monday with prominent leaders delicately distancing themselves...
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