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Pro-lifers Lay Hundreds of Flowers at Closed Late-term Abortion Mill (Tiller's Abortuary)
Christian Newswire ^ | 6/20/09 | Operation Rescue

Posted on 06/21/2009 9:42:06 AM PDT by wagglebee

Contact: Troy Newman, President, 316-841-1700; Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor, 316-516-3034; both with Operation Rescue, info@operationrescue.org
 
WICHITA, Kansas, June 20 /Christian Newswire/ -- Undeterred by heavy rains throughout the day and threats of disruption by abortion supporters, pro-lifers gathered Saturday evening at the now-closed late-term abortion clinic once operated by George Tiller for a memorial and prayer service.
 
Under skies that had temporarily cleared, a group of about 35 people laid hundreds of flowers at the clinic in honor of the babies and the women injured and killed there. The group offered prayers for peace and healing for the Tiller family and the community.
 
Members of a local pro-abortion group that threatened to disrupt the memorial service with Fred Phelps-style tactics were nowhere to be seen.
 
"This was never about confrontation. It was about praying for peace and healing. The abortion folks couldn't respect that, so we changed our plans," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "Instead, the day turned out better than we could have hoped."
 
In order to avoid disruption, the pro-lifers rescheduled their day and instead gathered at noon at Operation Rescue's National Headquarters, which was an abortion clinic before OR bought the building and evicted the abortion business. Prayers were offered and hundreds of flowers were laid at the site. They also conducted a similar service at a second location where an abortion business once stood and at Wesley Medical Center where at least one abortion patient, 19-year old Christin Gilbert, died from complications to a third trimester abortion received at Tiller's clinic in 2005.
 
In the evening, the group, led by Rev. Pat Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, gathered outside Tiller's former abortion clinic and prayed, sang hymns, and placed the flowers. There was no sign of any opposition.
 
The signs that once identified the large stucco structure as an abortion clinic had been removed.
 
Currently, there are no facilities offering abortions in Wichita, making the city abortion-free for the first time since abortion was decriminalized in 1973.
 
"We pray that now all members of the community, no matter where they stand on abortion, can begin the healing process. There's been enough death in this city," said Newman. "We pray that now Wichita can be known of a place of healing and hope."
 
Photos of the event will be available later Sunday at www.operationrescue.org.
 
Operation Rescue is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist organizations in the nation. Operation Rescue recently made headlines when it bought and closed an abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas and has become the voice of the pro-life activist movement in America. Its activities are on the cutting edge of the abortion issue, taking direct action to restore legal personhood to the pre-born and stop abortion in obedience to biblical mandates.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: abortion; abortuary; moralabsolutes; prolife; tiller; wichita
"We pray that now all members of the community, no matter where they stand on abortion, can begin the healing process. There's been enough death in this city," said Newman. "We pray that now Wichita can be known of a place of healing and hope."

Amen!

1 posted on 06/21/2009 9:42:07 AM PDT by wagglebee
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2 posted on 06/21/2009 9:42:43 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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3 posted on 06/21/2009 9:44:54 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

Wouldn’t glasses of ice water be better than flowers in this case?


4 posted on 06/21/2009 9:48:17 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: wagglebee

Any of those flowers laid there for the thousands of babies this serial killer butchered?


5 posted on 06/21/2009 9:57:58 AM PDT by Americanexpat
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To: wagglebee
Currently, there are no facilities offering abortions in Wichita, making the city abortion-free for the first time since abortion was decriminalized in 1973.

Hallelujah!

6 posted on 06/21/2009 10:00:15 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Shouldn't there be equal time for our Bill of Responsibilities?" -- Justice Clarence Thomas)
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To: Americanexpat
Any of those flowers laid there for the thousands of babies this serial killer butchered?

From the article:

Under skies that had temporarily cleared, a group of about 35 people laid hundreds of flowers at the clinic in honor of the babies and the women injured and killed there.

7 posted on 06/21/2009 10:06:23 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

If Tiller could actually get to the ice water, yes, I think he might make good use of it, right about now.


8 posted on 06/21/2009 10:11:02 AM PDT by Kansas58
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Hmmmm.... I think those babies won’t be needing any glasses of ice water.”

Did you read the article?


9 posted on 06/21/2009 10:14:42 AM PDT by It's me
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Did you read the article?


10 posted on 06/21/2009 10:15:00 AM PDT by It's me
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but I thought I was told that Tiller would be repalced immediately at his clinic and nothing would change (not from u)


11 posted on 06/21/2009 10:16:49 AM PDT by wardaddy (ASAP................As Southern As Possible)
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that is what I thought at first...pro-lifers fretting over Tiller’s soul and all that

but actually it was to memorialize the dead babies


12 posted on 06/21/2009 10:18:15 AM PDT by wardaddy (ASAP................As Southern As Possible)
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Hmmmm.... I think those babies won’t be needing any glasses of ice water.

The 60,000 babies are in Paradise, Tiller the Killer almost certainly is not.

13 posted on 06/21/2009 10:49:52 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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