Posted on 05/31/2009 3:13:44 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
NOW Identifies Murder of Dr. George Tiller As Domestic Terrorism, Calls for Action from Justice Department and Homeland Security Statement of NOW President Kim Gandy
June 1, 2009
Women across the country have lost a champion today. The cold-blooded murder of Dr. George Tiller this morning in church is a stark reminder that women's bodies are still a battleground, and health care professionals are on the frontlines.
This kind man and skilled doctor braved blockades, harassment, assault, and countless threats, including an attempted murder in 1993 when he was shot in both arms. He knew his life was in constant jeopardy, and that he would likely die at the hands of an anti-abortion terrorist -- yet he continued to protect his patients and provide safe and legal abortions to women in often-desperate circumstances. Those who are behind this murder may believe that the killing of George Tiller will mean that these women will have nowhere else to turn, but they are wrong. On the contrary, I believe their depraved acts will inspire another doctor to take up the torch, and another, and another.
Dr. Tiller's slaying is the most recent in a string of murders in the service of the anti-abortion cause, and hundreds of people have been injured or threatened because they provide legal abortion services. Bringing the killers to justice is not enough - the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security must root out and prosecute as domestic terrorists and violent racketeers the criminal enterprise that has organized and funded criminal acts for decades. We call on the new attorney general Eric Holder and head of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to treat these murders in the same way they would treat politically-motivated domestic terrorism of any other kind and put the full resources of their two departments behind that effort.
Tomorrow will be a Day of Mourning for Dr. Tiller as well as a National Day of Commitment for all who believe abortion must remain both safe and legal -- who believe women have the right and indeed the moral obligation to make their own childbearing decisions. We urge individuals to wear white armbands all day tomorrow, Monday, June 1, in memory of Dr. Tiller and as a visible expression of determination to redouble our commitment to protecting the right to safe and legal birth control and abortion.
### For Immediate Release Contact: Mai Shiozaki, 202-628-8669, ext. 116; cell 202-641-1906
Gun Control and Pro-Abortion activists rejoice..../sarcasm off
There’s no name yet, nor is there a motive. NOW had better watch it...may be one of their radicals.
Where is the Westboro Baptist Church on this?
I'm sad about it too - although I'm much less sad about it than I would be if virtually *any* other human being was killed.
I'm not expecting to lose any sleep over it tonight.
Murder is murder, but I’ll reserve my tears and prayers for the victims of the “victim”.
Who will be a champion for the unborn babies?
Bring it on .
Westboro Baptist Church is a satirical group, not a church group.
Partial birth abortions are sick and twisted. Anyone who has one and condones them is an animal.
I would consider partial term abortions a terrorist act against the fetus.
But many women have gone off the deep end on the “Its my body and my right!”
Yea, why not argue that you get to kill your child until he or she turns 18?
This smells like a Reichstag fire to me.
“I’m hoping the killer was just an Anti Abortion guy doing what he thought was right.”
I would rather he turn out to be someone with a personal grudge against Tiller and not an abortion opponent per se.
Tiller killing tens of thousands of unborn children with his own hands makes him a champion of women. Some champion.
One less abortionist is fine by me.
100% agree.
We are a nation of rules and laws but I mourn this as much as I would a Nazi concentration camp killer being killed before the law caught up with him.
In which case these people will call it a “hate crime” if anyone tries to generalize the crime to all gay men.
That is still true even IF this guy had a CCW isn't it?
Personally I don't care what excuse the gun-grabbers use.
My answer to them will always be the same.
Molon lave!
I say Bye to Tiller the Baby killer!
I wish I could remember the exact wording that Greg Jarret said on Fox, talking about him being a quiet, nice man...then said something like this being a loss to the city of Wichita...EXCUSE ME? He was a disgrace to the city of Wichita. But I would have rather seen him financially ruined or in jail, not murdered.
How many attacks on (conservative) women has NOW ignored, only to jump in and take a giant, self-serving stand in support of a late-term abortionist?
No one can satirize them as well as they do themselves.
The NOW gang has been in hiding since the Clinton administration and millions of abortions ago ... they have no credibility IMHO.
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