Yesterday
Dr. George Tiller was murdered outside his church in Wichita, KS. Dr. Tiller was one of the few doctors in the country who performed late-term abortions. As a result, his clinic has been bombed; his home, office, and church were picketed; he was shot and wounded in 1993; anti-abortion groups have searched relentlessly for evidence
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I have come to realize that most of this is about the fear of powerful women. It's about keeping womyn down. I get that now. A man - and more often a woman - who doesn't want to accede to that kind of thinking can often become the victim of this kind of evil.
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The issue of whether aborting a baby with severe disabilities is okay is a tough one. My own partner was born with spina bifida, and it is terrible to think that her parents, had they known (and had abortion been legal then), might have chosen to abort her. No one is really in a position to judge the potential quality of someone else's life. But if it's happening inside your body, it's your business, whether I'm comfortable with your decision or not.
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