If I were to come across a doctor in the process of killing a living infant post-partum I would kill that doctor to save that infant. If that resulted in my being imprisoned for murder, so be it. There are cases where the law and moral duty are mutually exclusive. With respect to murder of an abortionist for committing pre-partum abortion, well, while I really hate what abortionists do for a living, I believe the problem cannot be solved by taking the abortionists life. Abortions will not be stopped in this way. As in the case of Dr. Tiller, someone else will step in and take his place. No significant difference was made through killing Tiller. This problem needs to be addressed through the law and through educating our population (both women and men) regarding taking responsibility for one’s actions and behaviors rather than taking the easy way out. Anyway, that’s my 2 cents.
I’m betting there’s a lot of little babies alive today that wouldn’t have been without Roeder’s action. I don’t know how to verify that, but perhaps we can look to see how Carhart’s business did or didn’t increase following Tiller’s “going out of business”.