Honoring Dr. Tiller
2009-06-01 16:03:32.324958+00 by Dan Lyke 1 comments
Y'all have seen that Dr. George R. Tiller, one of the very few U.S. physicians providing late term abortion services, was shot and killed in the lobby of his church yesterday. Previously, in 1993 he was shot in both arms, and in 1986 his clinic was bombed.
A couple of articles worth reading from the MeFi thread:
Grief, Gratitude, and Baby Lee:
Dr. George R. Tiller specializes in terminating late-term pregnancies after the fetus has been diagnosed with a birth defect: a deformed heart, missing kidneys, Down's syndrome, anencephaly.
He calls his work a "reproductive ministry," and he offers his patients many of the same services as the hospice. Tiller encourages parents to hold, dress and photograph their aborted children, whom he delivers stillborn but intact. His staff takes ink-prints of tiny feet and hands; he brings in a chaplain for baptisms. Letters from grateful patients line the clinic's walls.