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Sep 04, 2009 -
Some medical professionals opt out of performing abortion because of religious objections, but after the recent murder of Dr. Tiller, personal safety concerns are prompting medical students to reconsider their decision to become abortion providers.
The Washington Post interviewed students this week who say they "took a step back" after an alleged antiabortion activist murdered the late-term abortion provider.
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Jun 08, 2009 -
If they elected me governor I would, without hesitation, raise up a militia in Georgia. I would line them up along with me at the abortion clinic there in Atlanta and if the federal government came in and tried to escort people in to kill their babies, we would have a fight to the death.
— Neal Horsley, Georgia governor hopeful, provided the Guardian with this and other outrageous quotes, including his opinion that the murder of abortion provider George Tiller in church was a "fitting send-off."
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Jun 03, 2009 -
- Scott Roeder, 51, has been charged with the first-degree murder of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller. — BBC News
- President Obama has kicked off his Mideast tour in Saudi Arabia.
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Jun 01, 2009 -
"I am shocked and outraged by the murder of Dr. George Tiller as he attended church services this morning. However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence."
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Sep 16, 2009 -
Operation Rescue, the antiabortion group whose militancy and visibility in the '90s struck fear into the hearts of prochoice advocates, is losing supporters and their donations.
"We're now so broke," wrote Operation Rescue president Troy Newman in an email to donors, "we can't even pay attention." The number of paid employees has dwindled from nine last year to only four this year, and their donations are down by 30 to 40 percent.
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Jun 01, 2009 -
Doctors perform about 800,000 abortions in the US each year. The number of bombings and arson attempts on abortion facilities, and the numbers of death threats to providers also reach staggering figures. As seen from the murder of abortion doctor George Tiller yesterday, sometimes disagreements about abortion turn deadly.
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Jun 18, 2008 -
Thanks to an 1887 law, pro-life Kansans have circumvented their prosecutors and called a grand jury to investigate a doctor they accuse of providing late-term abortions for three decades.
The dusty state statute only asks ordinary citizens to gather enough signatures, before they call a grand jury to investigate an alleged crime. A 15-member grand jury is now investigating Dr.
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