Mon, Jun 1st, 2009 | Politics |

My late father and I share the blame (with many others) for the murder of Dr. George Tiller the abortion doctor gunned down on Sunday. Until I got out of the religious right (in the mid-1980s) and repented of my ...Read More

Frank Schaeffer: Evangelicals Are the New Anti-Americans

Wed, Aug 5th, 2009 | Politics |

From the media influence of the "birthers" to suggestions that the President wants to euthanize the elderly, a propaganda campaign against Obama is in full swing. Who, exactly, is behind it? In his book The Family, Jeff Sharlet has done ...Read More

Alice Eve Cohen: Dr. George Tiller Saved My Life... And My Baby's Life

Wed, Jun 17th, 2009 | Politics |

I never met Dr. Tiller, but he saved my life...and my baby's life. When I was thirty, I was diagnosed as infertile--told that I could never get pregnant naturally, and cautioned not to pursue fertility treatments, as I would never be ...Read More

O'Reilly Rages Against Joan Walsh Over Tiller Murder

Sat, Jun 13th, 2009 | Politics |

[Via Media Monitor Jon] Wow. Joan Walsh went on the O'Reilly Factor tonight having publicly vowed to be well-prepared to defend the reproductive rights of women and the legality of Dr. George Tiller's clinical practice, and truly doled out some ...Read More

Andy Ostroy: The Holocaust Museum Shooting: Another Right-Wing Psycho Turns to Murder. Maybe Now Conservatives Will Listen to Janet Napolitano

Wed, Jun 10th, 2009 | Politics |

On Wednesday, 88-year old WWII veteran, rabid anti-Semite and racist James von Brunn walked into the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC and opened fire, shooting to death a heroic 39-year-old security guard. Nine days earlier Abdulhakim Muhammad, a Muslim convert, ...Read More

US abortion doctor's clinic shut

Wed, Jun 10th, 2009 | Top Stories |

Jeanna Tiller said she was proud of the service her husband had provided The clinic where an American doctor carried out late-term abortions before he was murdered will close permanently, his relatives say. Dr George Tiller's clinic, in Wichita, Kansas, was ...Read More

Rep. Louise Slaughter: Tolerance is Always Superior to Intolerance

Tue, Jun 9th, 2009 | Politics |

Today, the House of Representatives unanimously passed my resolution condemning the murder of Dr. George Tiller who was shot to death in his church in Wichita, Kansas on May 31, 2009 and offered sincere condolences to his family. This tragic event, ...Read More

Mourners remember slain abortion doctor

Sat, Jun 6th, 2009 | Top Stories |

Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of a murdered American doctor who carried out late-term abortions. George Tiller was shot dead last Sunday as he attended a church service in the US state of Kansas. Close to 700 people attended Dr ...Read More

George Tiller Investigation: DOJ Opens Probe Into Doctor's Murder

Fri, Jun 5th, 2009 | Politics |

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday launched an investigation into the killing of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller to see whether the accused gunman had accomplices. The department will investigate possible federal crimes in connection with Dr. Tiller's slaying at ...Read More

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough on the set of "Morning Joe."

Fri, Jun 5th, 2009 | U.S. |

In the wake of the murder of Dr. George Tiller, the abortion doctor shot dead in front of his church on May 31, a Village Voicewriter had set the blogosphere abuzz about Joe Scarborough. Why had Scarborough's morning MSNBC news show, ...Read More

New Attention on Late-Term Abortions

Thu, Jun 4th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories, World |

When Susan Fitzgerald went in for a routine ultrasound near the end of her pregnancy, she was expecting good news. Instead, she was stunned to learn that the fetus had a rare condition that left his bones so brittle he ...Read More

Valerie Tarico: My Abortion Baby

Thu, Jun 4th, 2009 | Politics |

George Tiller--physician, abortion provider, Lutheran, husband, father, grandfather-- was shot and killed Sunday in the lobby of his church. He was killed after years of harassment and threats, bombing of his clinic, even being shot in both arms. And yet ...Read More

FBI Ignored Complaints About Tiller Murder Suspect

Thu, Jun 4th, 2009 | Politics |

The Federal Bureau of Investigation ignored repeated complaints from an abortion clinic about Scott Roeder, who is suspected of murdering Dr. George Tiller. Rachel Maddow reported on MSNBC Wednesday night that Roeder targeted a clinic in Kansas City, gluing the doors ...Read More

No death penalty in 'late-term' abortion doctor George Tiller ...

Wed, Jun 3rd, 2009 | Top Stories |

A man charged with murdering a doctor who carried out late-term abortions will face a mandatory life sentence, not the death penalty, if convicted. Scott Roeder, 51, appeared in court accused of killing Dr George Tiller with a single gunshot ...Read More

Do religious conservatives share blame in Tiller's death?

Tue, Jun 2nd, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories, U.S. |

With the slaying Sunday of Dr. George Tiller, one of the nation's few late-term abortion doctors, supporters of abortion rights are questioning whether there is a connection between his death and the rhetoric of the abortion opponents' movement. More to the ...Read More

Emily Douglas: Dr. George Tiller Murdered in Wichita - Suspect in Custody

Tue, Jun 2nd, 2009 | Politics |

Dr. George Tiller Murdered in Wichita, Kansas, Suspect in Custody Yesterdaythe reproductive health community was devastated to learn of the murderof Dr. George Tiller, a Kansas abortion provider subjected to decadesof anti-choice harassment (and shot in the arms before). KansasCity.comhas more ...Read More

The Times' reaction to Dr. Tiller's 1993 shooting

Tue, Jun 2nd, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories |

Posted June 1, 2009 Dr. George Tiller was no stranger to violence. Before he was killed while attending church on Sunday, the Kansas physician both vilified and admired for his reproductive health practice, which was known for performing late-term abortions, was ...Read More