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In a wistful "Postcard: Wichita" report in Time magazine, David Von Drehle mourned how that Kansas town became the epicenter of protests and controversy over the late-term abortions of murdered abortionist George Tiller. (It's not like Crawford, Texas, ached for Cindy Sheehan, either, but she was more to Time's liking.) And he strangely suggested that first-trimester or second-trimester babies are somehow "abstract" on a moral scale: Tiller was the rare physician willing to follow America's ambivalence about abortion to its ragged edge. In his drab clinic here with hospital beds in the basement, Tiller performed not only comparatively abstract early...

I love it when a reader decides to send a nasty e-mail from his company e-mail address in response to one of my columns. In this case, the e-mail came from Brian Sturtevant of Southern California Edison, who obviously disdains pro-lifers. Mr. Sturtevant wrote: 'You people disgust me. Although, I suppose we should all thank you.....in exchange for the murder of one American hero, we now have a National Martyr who will serve as an effective recruitment tool for the rights of women for decades to come. I expect to see all of you pushed back into the cave from...

"Thou Shalt Not Kill." This law was given to Moses by God as part of the Ten Commandments. Jesus Christ Himself said everyone should follow this law, Jew and Gentile alike. Indeed, one of Christ's most important messages was to love our neighbor, especially our enemies, and He told us to pray for those who do evil. Therefore, any Christian who tries to live a Christlike life, is obliged to adhere to these teachings. However, in all honesty, when I first heard about the murder of Dr. George Tiller, at best, my reaction was ambivalence. What came to my mind...

On Friday afternoon, March 27, it took a Wichita jury just 45 minutes to acquit Dr. George Tiller of 19 misdemeanor charges relating to his prolific late-term abortion business. Tiller needed help. And for those paying attention, the real help came not in the courtroom but in the proverbial back room where, some three years earlier, Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius engineered the deal that would keep Tiller’s practice alive. Sebelius persuaded Paul Morrison, the popular Republican District Attorney of the state’s most affluent county, to switch parties and run against sitting AG Phill Kline. Kline had proved deadly serious in...

Wichita, KS -- Infamous late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller has been found not guilty of violating Kansas laws requiring a second physician to independently verify that the abortions are supposedly medically necessary. Tiller had relied on an employee to justify the late-term abortions.

Washington, DC -- A new pro-life group that features a late-term abortion survivor is running a national television advertisement against presidential candidate Barack Obama. The ad takes Obama to task for his votes against a bill to care for survivors of such abortions when he was in the Illinois legislature. The new group, BornAliveTruth.org is a joint effort between Gianna Jessen, who survived a saline abortion decades ago, and pro-life blogger Jill Stanek.

Late-Term Abortionist's Patient Drops Bombshell Testimony Of Illegal, Coerced Abortion TOPEKA, Kansas, September 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A former patient of abortionist George R. Tiller gave jaw-dropping testimony before a joint interim legislative committee Friday, telling the detailed story of her late-term abortion experience that, as described, violated the Kansas ban on such abortions at nearly every turn. "This is perhaps the most explosive testimony that has every been heard at the Capitol. Based on this testimony alone, Tiller's medical license should not survive to the end of the day," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "We demand that the...

by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com EditorAugust 29, 2007Topeka, KS (LifeNews.com) -- A future legislative hearing on late-term abortions that Kansas lawmakers plan to hold August 31 will feature a prominent psychologist who has played a role in the state debate. Dr. Paul McHugh will attend the hearing and provide his perspective on the late-term abortion records he previously examined.McHugh is the former head of the psychology department at Johns Hopkins University. He reviewed abortion documents after former state attorney general Phill Kline charged late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller with doing illegal abortions.Kline obtained records and McHugh reviewed them and found all of...

Topeka, KS (LifeNews.com) -- Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius came under fire from national television talk show host Bill O'Reilly last night for vetoing another bill that would have held abortion practitioners accountable. She turned back a measure that would have required them to say why they did late-term abortions in each case. The Kansas legislature approved the measure after Wichita late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller had been the subject of dozens of charges that he did late-term abortions for specious reasons outside of Kansas law. Kansas only allows the abortions in rare cases of legitimate medical emergencies. Former Attorney General...

WASHINGTON, DC, December 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A former abortion patient of George R. Tiller, the infamous late-term abortionist from Wichita, Kansas, appeared on the Fox News show "The O'Reilly Factor" Tuesday evening and told details of her horrific late-abortion experience and the devastating emotional aftermath she experienced. Identified only as "Kelly" the woman related how, at age 14, she was taken to Kansas by her parents from her home in Maryland, and given an abortion in the 20th week of pregnancy. According to Kelly, she was forced to deliver her dead child into a toilet, an event that...

Johnson County, Kan., District Attorney Paul Morrison (D) defeated Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline (R) 58% to 42%, with about 95% of the precincts reporting, the Kansas City Star reports (Sullinger, Kansas City Star, 11/8). Kline in 2004 subpoenaed the records of 90 women and girls who in 2003 underwent late-term abortions at Comprehensive Health, which is operated by Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri in Overland Park, Kan., and Women's Health Care Services in Wichita, Kan., saying there is probable cause that each record contains evidence of a felony. The original subpoena asked that the records include each patient's...

The state has ordered two Orlando clinics to stop doing abortions indefinitely and suspended the medical license of their owner, Dr. James Pendergraft, on grounds that he illegally performed third-trimester abortions. The restrictions began last week at one Orlando location, and by Wednesday, all five of Pendergraft's offices statewide had been ordered to stop providing abortions.

The New Underground Railroad Thousands of women come to New York each year for late-term abortions. A hundred New Yorkers take them in. Haven Coalition volunteer Suzanne in the space where she hosts women who travel to New York for abortions. (Photo credit: Donna Ferrato) It’s 8 p.m. on a Friday, and Adeena is lying on a bed in my apartment, squirming in pain, her pants unzipped to reveal a disturbingly large belly. We’re watching a DVD she chose from the corner Blockbuster: Coach Carter, starring Samuel Jackson and Ashanti. Jackson has just taken a job at a ghetto...

A Kansas late-term abortion practitioner who killed a 19 year-old girl in a botched abortion last year has allegedly run over a pro-life person with his car who was praying outside his abortion business. George Tiller, who may soon find himself subject to a grand jury investigation, apparently struck the protester with his vehicle yesterday. According to eyewitnesses, Tiller was leaving his Women’s Health Care Services (WHCS) abortion facility Wednesday afternoon, when he sped out of the parking lot and struck pro-life advocate Mark Geitzen in the leg. In a statement provided to LifeNews.com, Geitzen said he was hit in...

In his book Active Liberty, Justice Stephen Breyer attempts to develop an alternative to the originalist theory of interpretation that has received so much attention in recent years. Rather than interpret the Constitution based on its original meaning, as originalists like Justice Scalia might, Breyer argues that the Constitution should be interpreted to further political participation -- the active liberty of the ancients as opposed to the modern liberty to do as one pleases. Breyer also maintains that the Constitution (and statutes) should be interpreted using a “purposivist” approach -- i.e. that judges should read constitutional provisions based on their...

LONDON, November 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The weekend edition of the London Times carries a report that provides insight into what pro-lifers identify as the moral vacuity of media representation of abortion. In a story on “botched” abortions the Times reports on the latest British medical scandal: that some of the intended victims survive. A government agency has published a report titled, “Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH),” that shows, to the horror of the British medical establishment, that up to 50 babies survive abortion every year in Britain. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, says the...

SAINT PAUL, July 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, last Thursday, signed a bill that will require doctors to tell women seeking abortion after 20 weeks gestation that fetuses might feel pain during the procedure and offer them the option of fetal anesthesia. The "Unborn Child Pain Prevention Act," was supported by the group, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, (MCCL) an affiliate of National Right to Life. MCCL's Laura Gese, told LifeSiteNews.com that the passage of the legislation was being seen as a victory by pro-lifers there. "It's a compassionate bill, wherein, if we have decided that the...

A father accused of murdering his terminally-ill son told a jury today how he watched in horror as doctors used a 2ft-long needle to terminate a second unborn boy. Andrew Wragg, 37, told Lewes Crown Court that he could still remember vividly the moment his wife, Mary, had an abortion at seven-and-a-half months. Former SAS soldier Wragg denies murdering the couple's 10-year-old son Jacob at the family home in Worthing, Sussex, in July last year. He admits manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Giving evidence for the first time in the trial, Wragg, wearing a grey suit and tie,...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A pro-life group is calling on a national boycott of La Quinta Inn, a national chain of hotels, because a Wichita location offers discounted rates for women traveling to the Midwestern city to obtain late-term abortions. Wichita is home to infamous late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller, one of the few abortion practitioners in the country to perform very late-term abortions. As a result, women travel from across the region to obtain abortions at his office. When they do, the local La Quinta Inn, owned and operated by the national corporate office, offers discounts to stay for...