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Abortion rights pioneer dies at 61
Raleigh News & Observer ^ | February 6, 2010 | Leah Friedman

Posted on 02/06/2010 5:56:33 AM PST by Zakeet

Susan Hill, a national women's rights advocate and the owner of several abortion clinics around the country, died last week from breast cancer.

Hill, who made her home in Raleigh, was 61.

Hill focused on establishing clinics in rural areas, where women had no access to abortion services, and opened more than anyone else in the United States, sometimes drawing 1,000 protesters at a time. She sued protesters 34 times for blocking entrances and physically preventing women from going in.

"She's probably the toughest person I ever knew," said her older brother Dan Hill, who lives in Durham. "She's the only person I knew who wore a bulletproof vest to work or was supposed to wear one to work. People really wanted to kill her, and she never flinched."

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Hill, who was born in Durham and graduated from Meredith College with a social work degree in 1970, began her career in 1973 in a Florida abortion clinic outside Miami one week after the Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade, made abortion legal.

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One of Hill's doctors in Florida, David Gunn, was killed in 1993 after being shot three times in the back by a protester, Michael Frederick Griffin, who is now serving a life sentence. Last year, Hill appeared on the "Rachel Maddow Show" on MSNBC after Dr. George Tiller was shot and killed in his church where he was serving as an usher. Tiller was one of the nation's few providers of late-term abortions.

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Another baby killer bites the dust.
1 posted on 02/06/2010 5:56:33 AM PST by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

Ironic cause of death. Breast cancer is a killer of those who have had abortions, so some science would suggest


2 posted on 02/06/2010 5:58:44 AM PST by silverleaf (My Proposed Federal Budget is $29.99)
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To: Zakeet

Abortion rights. Who in their right mind thinks it’s a right to kill an innocent human being, their own child? That phrase always strikes me as being ridiculous and evil.


3 posted on 02/06/2010 5:59:41 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: Zakeet

“Abortion rights pioneer dies at 61”

— — —

Just call this a late term abortion.


4 posted on 02/06/2010 6:00:19 AM PST by HighWheeler
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To: Zakeet

Susan, give our regards to Hitler and Stalin down there.


5 posted on 02/06/2010 6:01:33 AM PST by JusPasenThru (Why won't those knuckle-dragging tea-bagging right-wing bastards just negotiate with me?)
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To: Zakeet
She's the only person I knew who wore a bulletproof vest to work....

Now she needs Nomex.

6 posted on 02/06/2010 6:01:38 AM PST by reg45
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To: Zakeet

I’ve just skipped denial, anger, bargaining, and depression, and gone straight to acceptance.


8 posted on 02/06/2010 6:02:08 AM PST by VoiceOfBruck (Was "Hussein" a common American Christian name in Hawaii in 1961? Just askin...)
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To: Zakeet

Good.


9 posted on 02/06/2010 6:02:27 AM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: Zakeet

I’m certain that Susan Hill is now learning the true meaning of “Global Warming”.


10 posted on 02/06/2010 6:05:03 AM PST by MortMan (Stubbing one's toes is a valid (if painful) way of locating furniture in the dark.)
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To: pnh102

That’s one final judgement I wouldn’t want to face.


11 posted on 02/06/2010 6:05:37 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: VoiceOfBruck

It’s gonna be okay, Bruck.

We’ll all make it through this together. (sniff)


12 posted on 02/06/2010 6:06:28 AM PST by incredulous joe ("We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be." ~ Kurt Vonnegut)
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To: Zakeet

Yo Susan how is the weather in hell?


13 posted on 02/06/2010 6:06:52 AM PST by GUNGAGALUNGA (Democratus Suckus Teatus is the Latin root for Democrat and it means to tax)
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To: Zakeet

I can’t be sad about it. She wasn’t really a person, just some inanimate tissue.


14 posted on 02/06/2010 6:08:32 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: AppyPappy
She wasn’t really a person, just some inanimate tissue.

LOL.

15 posted on 02/06/2010 6:14:37 AM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: JusPasenThru
Susan, give our regards to Hitler and Stalin down there.

....and Ted Kennedy

16 posted on 02/06/2010 6:15:39 AM PST by massmike (...So this is what happens when OJ's jury elects the president....)
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To: Zakeet

“She’s probably the toughest person I ever knew,”


And a serial Murderess.


17 posted on 02/06/2010 6:16:27 AM PST by Venturer
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To: VoiceOfBruck

ROFL


18 posted on 02/06/2010 6:20:02 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Your wallet: Where Democrats want to drill)
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To: Zakeet

What is the percentage of women who have had an abortion that also have breast cancer?


19 posted on 02/06/2010 6:20:17 AM PST by Ditter
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To: Zakeet

A woman who chooses to abort her own baby is an aberration - but a woman whose life is dedicated to aborting other womens’ babies is an abomination.

RIP? NO!

She has ripped too many from the wombs of others.


20 posted on 02/06/2010 6:28:05 AM PST by sodpoodle (Despair - Man's surrender. Laughter - God's redemption.)
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To: Zakeet

Another Obama supporter becomes a Corpse Woman . . .


21 posted on 02/06/2010 6:29:01 AM PST by Charlemagne on the Fox
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I should have added:

FOR PROFIT!!!!


22 posted on 02/06/2010 6:29:12 AM PST by sodpoodle (Despair - Man's surrender. Laughter - God's redemption.)
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To: Ditter

“What is the percentage of women who have had an abortion that also have breast cancer?”

You can probably find lots of information here:

http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/start/

(China has experienced a huge increase in breast cancer since beginning their one-child policy.)


23 posted on 02/06/2010 6:30:07 AM PST by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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To: sodpoodle

BIG profit!


24 posted on 02/06/2010 6:33:27 AM PST by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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To: Zakeet

Proof that not only the good die young.


25 posted on 02/06/2010 6:41:39 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Zakeet
"She's probably the toughest person I ever knew," said her older brother Dan Hill, who lives in Durham.

Maybe because she was a mass murderer?

26 posted on 02/06/2010 6:45:18 AM PST by MCH
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To: silverleaf

She and her twin sister both died of breast cancer. I think her mother may also have had breast cancer.


27 posted on 02/06/2010 6:46:03 AM PST by goosie
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To: MCH
Maybe because she was a mass murderer?

A murderer is a coward.

28 posted on 02/06/2010 6:47:22 AM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: goosie

what a tragedy. I hope other female relatives are screened for a genetic link. Those that were permitted to be born, that is.


29 posted on 02/06/2010 6:47:25 AM PST by silverleaf (My Proposed Federal Budget is $29.99)
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To: Zakeet

I hated seeing this front page treatment of her death by the N & O. They already ran it yesterday in the obituaries. It was underneath an article about churches and the loss of revenue from last week’s snowstorm which closed some churches. On the last page of the paper was an article about how the Cit of Apex decided not to include elective abortions as part of it’s health insurance for employees plan. I doubt the N & O would provide front page treatment of the death of a pro-life advocate. I also doubt they would put a pro-abortion article on the back page.


30 posted on 02/06/2010 6:48:29 AM PST by crymeariver (Good news...in a way)
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To: Zakeet

Say hello to George Tiller down there Susan.


31 posted on 02/06/2010 6:49:13 AM PST by mkjessup (George Tiller - "Abortion is worth going to Hell for" <<-- ACTUAL QUOTE (he got his wish!))
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To: DJ MacWoW

In 1990 or 1991, the word went out from the NYT, via their stylebook, that “abortion” was to be replaced with “abortion rights.”

Of course, it’s tendentious. And they like that.

Also, it makes sure there’s always that word “rights,” so the word “abortion” is never left just hanging out there, drawing attention.

It really infuriates me every time I see a pro-life writer using “abortion rights” when what is clearly meant is “abortion.” As in, “Ted Kennedy, who is now dead, was, before his death, a tireless promoter of abortion rights.”

At the same time, the NYT decreed that pro-lifers were to be called “anti-abortion,” as in “anti-abortion campaigners,” etc. The idea was to make pro-lifers simply “against” something. As we all know, merely being “against” is a Bad Thing.

This led the newspapers to call people who were arrested trying to rescue someone scheduled for euthanasia “anti-abortion,” rather than “pro-life” activists.

In the last few years, pro-lifer are usually “anti-abortion-rights” activists, campaigners, etc. Of all the things to be against, the very worst thing to be against is “rights.”

Oh, yes, there ARE decrees that go out, and the drones fall in line.


32 posted on 02/06/2010 6:51:07 AM PST by Arthur McGowan (In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
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To: Zakeet

She made a lot of money killing babies. She must have been happy.


33 posted on 02/06/2010 6:52:19 AM PST by Arthur McGowan (In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
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To: SumProVita

Interesting. I had heard of the link between abortion and breast cancer before. Now is it possible to sue all abortionists for damages if they fail to warn women about the increased risk of breast cancer? I would think it would be same as the warnings for tobacco. Has Big Media ever published or aired anything at all about the risk? Somehow I think the diehard, abortion-rights activists who are very influential in the media want to keep this hushed up.


34 posted on 02/06/2010 6:54:52 AM PST by driftless2 (for long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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To: Zakeet
"She's the only person I knew who wore a bulletproof vest to work or was supposed to wear one to work.

You never knew a soldier, marine or police person?

35 posted on 02/06/2010 6:55:10 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Arthur McGowan
There's not much to add to that. But common sense has been abandoned and abortion rights is nothing more than the "right" to destroy your own child.

I had a short conversation last night in freepmail with a poster about words and euphemisms being used. The left loves to use them.

36 posted on 02/06/2010 6:59:23 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: silverleaf
Yep. The unnatural hormonal changes resulting from abortion have been linked to triggering breast cancer.

To boost profits under the guise of "rights", those poor women are told nothing of the countless dangers, lifetime health risks or sentient life inside their womb.

Karma is a bit**

37 posted on 02/06/2010 7:05:55 AM PST by varyouga (2 natural disasters, zerO action. Obama doesn't care about white people!)
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To: Zakeet

Abortion CAUSES breast cancer!


38 posted on 02/06/2010 7:06:10 AM PST by G Larry (DNC is comprised of REGRESSIVES!)
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To: Zakeet
A "never-flinching" worker for Satan succumbs at a relatively young age to an arduous bout with cancer. Christ gave Ted a little longer to convert, but maybe this killer converted on her death bed. I'm sure there are many silent conversions we know nothing about. Imagine only being a few breaths away from hell. Makes me want to get down on my hands and knees and pray. Even Satan's followers (by doing his agenda on earth) don't truly want to follow him straight into hell for eternity, do they? [*shivers*]
39 posted on 02/06/2010 7:12:48 AM PST by mlizzy ("Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person" --Mother Teresa.)
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To: silverleaf

BC&Abortion?
Yep, one side effect of killing your baby. Lose a Breast.


40 posted on 02/06/2010 7:13:09 AM PST by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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To: Zakeet
"Sure is warm down here."

Prayers up (pray for your enemies.)

41 posted on 02/06/2010 7:21:55 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Zakeet

Feel good story.


42 posted on 02/06/2010 7:28:40 AM PST by rae4palin (islam is of the devil)
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To: mlizzy

You have articulated so well what many Christians believe IMHO. I am thankful that God is not only JUST but MERCIFUL as well, for we will all face judgment but if we were all judged without mercy who among us might escape the fires of hell.


43 posted on 02/06/2010 7:29:45 AM PST by helpisontheway (God Bless & protect America, the country I love.)
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To: Zakeet
She has now had to face the ultimate judge and account for her life. I would hate to meet God with a a lifetime of abortions on my soul.

My father was a long time family physician and delivered many babies (all home deliveries). He often said that abortions was the worst thing he could imagine and that God would rightly punish those who did them.

44 posted on 02/06/2010 7:31:27 AM PST by The Great RJ ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: helpisontheway

Yet one way we know a Christian is that they repent when they realize they are sinning. She had God’s Word about abortion and murder presented to her often, yet showed no repentance. The Lord will have mercy on a penitant soul.


45 posted on 02/06/2010 7:34:29 AM PST by freemama
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To: varyouga
To boost profits under the guise of "rights", those poor women are told nothing of the countless dangers, lifetime health risks or sentient life inside their womb.

They also aren't told that having had an abortion is as risky to a future "wanted" pregnancy as smoking is. Women can reduce the risk of fetal death by quitting smoking; it's impossible to reverse reproductive tract damage caused by abortion.

46 posted on 02/06/2010 7:36:35 AM PST by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: Zakeet

May Susan suffer as much as the babies she profited from. I mean that from the bottom of my heard.


47 posted on 02/06/2010 7:37:36 AM PST by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: Zakeet
About the death of Susan Hill...

...I feel nothing...nothing.

48 posted on 02/06/2010 7:44:42 AM PST by Slyfox
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To: Zakeet

Revenge is mine says the Lord.


49 posted on 02/06/2010 7:55:14 AM PST by Happyinmygarden (Yes, actually, I have pretty much seen and heard it all before...)
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To: Zakeet

There into the bosom of hell and into the arms of Satan she has gone.


50 posted on 02/06/2010 8:01:03 AM PST by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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