I liked this diary because i shows the depth and variety of George Tiller's service and dedication to medical treatment. From Daily Kos, here.

Like many in this community, my heart is heavy today. There have been many great diaries that talk about Dr. Tiller's years of service to women, and the threats he has endured throughout the last years of his ( Read more... )

I'm so upset at Dr Tiller's murder (gunned down, while entering church, in front of his family). He provided late-term abortions to the American midwest, and his clinic is one of the only places in the region where these sorts of abortions are performed ( Read more... )

"In an interview this week with "Relevant," a Christian magazine, Obama said prohibitions on late-term abortions must contain "a strict, well defined exception for the health of the mother."
Obama then added: "Now, I don't think that 'mental distress' qualifies as the health of the mother. I think it has to be a serious physical issue that arises in ( Read more... )

It's the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade (just wrote "Rove v Wade"!) this Tuesday, so abortion statistics and articles have been popping out of the woodwork lately.
MSNBC (shockingly) had an article I found surprising in several ways.
Who's getting abortions? Not who you'd think
"Half of the roughly 1.2 million U.S. women who have abortions each year ( Read more... )

The Supreme Court gave the evangelical lobby a happy ending today, with the decision that the Partial Birth Abortion Ban is legal -- without exceptions for women's health and wellbeing. This is such a spurious case, even more pointless than the average anti-choicing ( Read more... )