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?

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.

Esquire's profile of late-term abortion doctor Warren Hern is earning praise — but Newsweek's Sarah Kliff reminds us that Hern is not "the only doctor in the world" who does late-term abortions.

In a long, sad Esquire profile, John H. Richardson describes the rage, sorrow, and conviction of Dr. Warren Hern, who described himself as "the only doctor in the world" who performed late-term abortions after George Tiller's assassination.

"If a Mafia hit man gets killed, people recognize it's an occupational hazard." -Colorado Right To Life spokesman Bob Enyart on Dr. George Tiller's death and what he expects for Tiller's colleague, Dr. Warren Hern (pictured). [LA Times]