First, I wasn't strictly talking about abortionists in general, I was also including the impact of vigilante justice on those who enable them to do what they do.
Second, I would say that he is being elevated to martyr status. Look at how the left wingers have been exalting his name, calling him a brave man and a hero. 10 years from now, if the Lord tarries, they will point to this as just another example of how Christians are really terrorists at heart and that the religion should be suppressed. (Just as they have done in the past for certain nutjobs who have killed abortionists and bombed abortuaries)
Third, a willingness to be a martyr is a characteristic of people with strong moral grounding; a characteristic that is basically antithetical to one who would be an abortionist.
Please note that genuine martyrdom is a willingness to die for one's beliefs.
This is in direct opposition to the "martyrdom" jive going on with muzzie suicide bombers. They're not martyrs, they're just brainwashed members of a death cult
They are mortified over this since they believe we see that.
Now, regarding Tiller, ten years from now no one will know. We had a perfectly good website out there whose owners bothered to identify all the dead abortionists. A federal district court ruled that it was a "threat" to the ones who weren't dead yet. The consequence is that unless someone creates something similar, no one will be able to find out what abortionists were killed, and for what reasons.
Tiller's name is already disappearing.