Phillip Kline, the former Kansas Attorney General who spent his entire term in office illegally hounding the abortion clinic of Dr. George Tiller, has been indefinitely suspended from practicing law within the state, as per a decision made Friday by the Kansas Supreme Court.
Julie Burkhart and her team are finally ready to re-open the
The Wichita, Kansas abortion clinic George Tiller ran before he was fatally shot by anti-abortion activist Scott Roeder will soon be back in business
After Dr. George Tiller, one of the few physicians in America to perform late term abortions, was assassinated by anti-choice zealot Scott Roeder in 2009, only four doctors who perform third trimester abortions remain.Third trimester abortions make up fewer than one percent of all abortions in the United States, and …
Trust Women Foundation, a non-profit abortion-rights group, has purchased Dr. George Tiller's former Wichita abortion clinic, which had been on the market ever since Tiller was murdered at church by an anti-choicer.
Republican state legislators continue to demonstrate their commitment to creating jobs by tirelessly working to craft legislation that's so ridiculous that it keeps thousands of bloggers, fact checkers, health care advocates, and attorneys afloat during these difficult economic times. The latest wacky turn is courtesy…
Violence at abortion clinics has been down since George Tiller was murdered in 2009, and part of the reason may be that the Obama administration is doing more to prosecute anti-choice protesters who break the law. Some say the FBI could have prevented
South Dakota lawmakers are about to consider a bill that would expand the meaning of justifiable homicide to include "resisting an attempt to harm" an unborn child related to the killer, Mother Jones reports. "If the bill passes, it could in theory allow a woman's father, mother, son, daughter, or husband to kill anyone…
"You will see me on the news." Stella* said with complete seriousness. "I'll throw myself down the stairs. I'll do what it takes. I need to get rid of this baby."
Scott Roeder received the maximum possible sentence yesterday for the assassination of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller — he won't be eligible for parole for over 51 years.
Scott Roeder has been convicted
After only forty 37 minutes of deliberation this morning, a jury has found Scott Roeder guilty of the May 2009 murder of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller.
Scott Roeder took the stand in his murder trial today, and admitted to killing George Tiller because of his belief that "from conception forward, [abortion] is murder."
Witnesses have begun testifying in Scott Roeder's trial, and a GQ profile of the doctor he killed raises a question: what does it take to perform late-term abortions in a country where people like Roeder run wild?
• Did John Edward's acknowledgment of his born-out-of-wedlock daughter put the final nail in his political coffin? Elizabeth says sort of, but it's OK:
One of the most confusing chapters in the saga of George Tiller's assassin Scott Roeder has been his quest to use a voluntary manslaughter defense
The trial of Dr. George Tiller's assassin Scott Roeder begins in Wichita today, and some anti-choicers still hope to make it a referendum on abortion. They may have help.
Since Dr. Tiller's assassination, Dr. Leroy Carhart has begun performing abortions "past 24 weeks" at his clinic in Nebraska. And, predictably, Operation Rescue has turned their attention to him.
"Actually I thought [eBay] was the last bastion of free enterprise in America, where normal people could put things up for sale. I see they do have a political agenda." — Regina Dinwiddie, organizer of the Scott Roeder auction
EBay said it wouldn't allow an auction to raise money for the defense of George Tiller's murderer Scott Roeder
Today in Crazytown, Randall Terry is encouraging anti-abortion advocates to burn effigies of Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. And another group of upstanding Americans is organizing an eBay auction to fund the defense of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller's murderer.
A 70-year-old man was arrested in Spokane on Wednesday for making threats to the family of late-term abortion provider Warren Hern, subject of a recent Esquire profile. New protests by extreme anti-choice groups will take place in Nebraska this weekend.
"I support the shooting of George Tiller as justifiable homicide. I only wish that it would have happened in 1973, before he was able to murder his first child." — Anthony Leake, who visited Roeder in prison. [Kansas City Star]
A new poll shows 47% of American identify as "pro-life," and 46% as "pro-choice," erasing the pro-life majority found in a May poll
Witnesses in the preliminary hearing of Scott Roeder today say that the domestic terrorist hid until the lobby was nearly empty, walked up to Dr. George Tiller, pressed his gun against Tiller's head and fired. [NY Times]
Ten anti-abortion protesters held a memorial service at Dr. Tiller's clinic Saturday — for the fetuses he aborted. Marla Patrick of NOW says the protesters were "thumbing their nose at people in a community that have suffered a loss." [AP]
A judge has increased the bail of alleged George Tiller murderer Scott Roeder from $5 million to $20 million after Roeder threatened that "there are many other similar events planned around the country as long as abortion remains legal." [Breitbart]
