(thanks, Knarf -- found it on a Google image search).
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.
Tiller was under investigation for breaking various abortions laws including those performed on preteens. Gov Sebelius helped to get the charges dropped. Tiller had donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Sebelius’s campaign and causes.
...an anti-abortion assassin...
I don't think I can untie this semantical knot myself. In fact, it may well be the world's first verbal Mobius strip.
Well, the “good doc” didn’t waste any time trying to attract attention to his abortion clinic, just a relatively short drive from the area now lacking certain services.
They can watch me all they want. By the way, O’Reilly, since I know you troll these boards...Piss off.
"They"? The reports I've read identify only one man: Scott Roeder.
None of us are without sin, but I can say I don’t have the blood of countless innnocents on my hands. I don’t condone this guys actions, but I am not mourning this monster’s death either.
Leviticus 20:1-5
Any Israelite or any alien living in Israel who gives (a) any of his children to Molech must be put to death.
A Footnotes:
1. Leviticus 20:2 Or sacrifices
Hey, Doc Hern... this is not a fascist movement...it’s a murder, like thousands of others that happen every day, any place.
THE fascist movement started in Nov. 08.
Big difference.
A serial murderer was murdered. It’s a nasty nasty world out there.
So, those bastions of progressivity in Canada and the European Union don't deign to perform late term abortions? Wonder why?
Yep. “He who lives by the sword...
But fascism is a system of government not an indivdual or private group. And in Americas case our government has sanctioned the murder of 40 million, with an m, unborn children.
I don't think what this fellow did to Tiller is the answer but it sure the hell isn't fascism.
I am inclined to agree with you.
This guy should read the book “Liberal Fascism.”
Just as John Brown paid the price for taking the law into his own hands, so will Scott Roeder. That's as it should be.
In a broader sense, I personally have no sympathy for Tiller. He has a legal--but no moral--claim to it.
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
*******************************************************
Dr. Warren Hearn apparently has no concept of what goes on in China and India... maybe he got his degree by mail..
(thanks, Knarf -- found it on a Google image search).
I don't think I can untie this semantical knot myself. In fact, it may well be the world's first verbal Mobius strip.
Quite so.
Fascist? Tell me, “doctor,” which was the faction that made a credo out of murdering the sick, the lame and the mentally retarded?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.