Posted on 05/31/2009 4:52:00 PM PDT by kristinn
Hours after the Sunday morning shooting death of late-term abortion doctor George Tiller in Wichita, Kan., a Boulder physician — who says he could be the only doctor in the world still performing the procedure — said Tiller’s assassination was the “absolutely inevitable consequence” of decades of anti-abortion fanaticism.
“I’m profoundly sad and I’m furious and I think the American people need to understand that we have a fascist movement in this country,” Dr. Warren Hern told The Colorado Independent on Sunday. “We don’t have to invade Iraq to find terrorists. They’re right here killing abortion doctors.”
“Every doctor that does abortions has been under an assassination threat for decades,” Hern said. “The anti-abortion movement message is, ‘Do what we tell you to do or we will kill you,’ and they do. This is a fascist movement.”
Hern laid blame for Tiller’s death at the feet of the anti-abortion movement’s encouragement of violence against abortion providers and the Republican Party’s “exploitation” of the extremist rhetoric.
“Dr. Tiller is dead by an anti-abortion assassin, and this is the absolutely inevitable consequence of 35 years of anti-abortion fanatic rhetoric and intimidation and assassination violence and exploitation by the Republican Party of this movement,” Hern told the Independent.
Hern, who described Tiller as “a good friend of mine,” said he doesn’t “know of any other doctors in the world doing late abortions like I am.” The Boulder Abortion Clinic, run by Hern since he founded the practice in 1975, has as its motto “Specializing in Late Abortions for Fetal Disorders”.
Hern declined to say whether he planned any changes to his security precautions after the killing of Tiller, who was shot to death while ushering at his Lutheran church.
Noting that Tiller is the “fifth American doctor to be assassinated,” Hern told the Los Angeles Times he’s well aware of the dangers. “I get messages from these people saying, ‘Don’t bother wearing a bulletproof vest, we’re going for a head shot.’ ”
A statement on the Boulder Abortion Clinic’s Web site addresses Hern’s concerns about safety for the clinic’s patients:
By its name and continued existence, Boulder Abortion Clinic makes a statement that women are free to make their own choices about their own lives, bodies, and family needs. I have been personally involved from the beginning of my medical career in advocacy of reproductive freedom, and I continue in this commitment. We have survived anti-abortion harassment and violence and shown our determination to provide these services in spite of everything. As a result, our patients are protected by the highest standards of safety and security when they come to my office.
Baby killers are a bit more "sinful" wouldn't you say?
My question is what justification did this ghoul have for his religion and the countless live and late term babies he slaughtered and how did he reconcile the two?
“We don’t have to invade Iraq to find terrorists. They’re right here killing abortion doctors.”
How many abortion doctors have been killed? They are few and far between. Stop the hyperbole.
Don’t get me wrong. Killing the doctor was a horrible act.
Well, Bullet to the head *does* kinda make you a victim. If stopping him was this guys goal, he could have kidnapped him and chained him in a cellar somewhere.
It’s just cold blooded murder. And in a CHURCH. Shame on this dim bulb.
Perhaps we should find out if the killer is not pro-abortion. There are likely more than one reason this man was murdered.
Pray for America and Our Troops
Dittos....very well said.
..but..
'it is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God'
...Hebrews10:31
This quack should know, he’s part of it.
“So, those bastions of progressivity in Canada and the European Union don’t deign to perform late term abortions? Wonder why?”
Actually they don’t. Its pretty amazing to read about. BY any standard, Sweden is a feminist run nation. Their laws are FAR more restrictive than ours. The USA has the fewest restrictions on abortion than any other nation.
Can I pray for the soul of this man? Could have possibly repented of his monstrous sin in his last millisecond?
good
If he had died falling off a ladder it would be proclaimed as an “Assassination.”
“The Boulder Abortion Clinic, run by Hern since he founded the practice in 1975, has as its motto ‘Specializing in Late Abortions for Fetal Disorders’.”
Makes one wonder what he considers to be a “Fetal Disorder.” Could it be just existing when not wanted or inconveinent?
It is amazing how people will justify their heinous actions...just like the Nazis that ran the extermination camps.
Now that being said, I too consider the killing of Tiller by a vigilante to be murder. The person that did this should be prosecuted for murder, even though he killed someone I consider to have been a murderer. Tiller was vile, but I cannot excuse a lawless act. I think Tiller should have been put to death, but it should have been because the people of Kansas declared what he was doing to be murder and used the rule of law to end his evil ways in a court of law. Many in Kansas have blood on their hands just as Tiller did for killing innocent children (because they did not act by law to stop him), as the killer of Tiller does for acting outside the rule of law.
A final note: The use of DHS or DOJ to chase after a non-existent violent, terrorist, anti-abortion “conspiracy” would be an abuse of federal power and a waste of tax payer money. All of us should let members of Congress know we will not allow federal resources to be used/wasted on something that will be used by an amoral/political left wing to suppress a moral/political viewpoint (opposite of theirs) that is NOT intrinsically violent or in any way threatening to the government. This would be a horrible mistake. This is the kind of insanity that spins out of control and causes civil war.
Regardless of the ridiculous Roe vs Wade decision. The abortion issue (unless/until the Constitution is ammended), IS NOT A FEDERAL ISSUE, it belongs under each state as per the 10th Ammendment. If a state wants to keep abortion legal (or make it illegal) that should be their choice. However, the state alone should bear the consequences of their decision. Meaning....they, not the federal government, should enforce their laws.
We DIDN'T have to go there to find them. They plowed planes into the WTC, if you remember, you ass.
No, no Dr. Death (Hearn). Fascism has already come to America and it is wrapped in a rainbow flag and carrying a pink swastika. One man takes the law into his own hands and the left is already talking fascism. No question while they point and yell fascism, three fingers are pointing back at the real fascist.
Who the heck writes poems about abortion doctors? What a freaking freak. You are the sort that gives conservatives the crazy tag.
and I thought it was the narrow minded ones that gave conservatives the crazy tag. You learn somethin new every day on freerepublic
It is a crime, but can't say that it is a shame. Good riddance to Dr. Tiller.
I'd say it's more like the consequence of PRO-abortion fanaticism. The courts have continually tried to choke off any restrictions to the heinous procedure, and denying the participation of citizens in the process. This has raised up those few folks who get so frustrated and angry, they don't believe they have any other option outside of violence.
You must be from another planet—the planet where the aliens don’t write or read.
Abortion Doctors are proffessional killers , they just dont like amateurs.
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