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Operation Rescue smears doctor who wants to open abortion clinic in Kansas

By | 06.24.11 | 4:19 pm

In about six days, the number of operating abortion clinics in Kansas might shrink from three to zero, due to a recently passed law (PDF) relating to the licensure of abortion clinics. But just as anti-abortion-rights groups have been rejoicing, a family physician from Wichita is moving forward with her More…

More Thoughts on Dr. Tiller’s Murder

By | 06.12.09 | 2:40 pm

Andrew Sullivan posts a must-read excerpt from a reader who considered — but ultimately didn’t have — a late-term abortion provided by Dr. George Tiller, who was murdered last week because he provided that critical medical service.

Here’s how the pregnant reader learned that her fetus had a likely More…

FBI Ignored Repeated Complaints From Tiller’s Clinic About Murder Suspect

By | 06.04.09 | 8:18 am

How is it possible that the FBI was told repeatedly just days before the murder of Dr. George Tiller that Scott Roeder, now the leading suspect, had repeatedly broken federal law by vandalizing the women’s health clinic where Tiller worked, including gluing the locks of the clinic, and the FBI More…

Little-Enforced Law Opens Window for Suits Against Extremist Groups

By | 06.03.09 | 6:00 am

The threats started in 1995. It was the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and the American Coalition of Life Activists decided to create a poster for their annual meeting listing the names and address of a group of doctors who performed abortions. They called them “the Deadly Dozen,” and declared More…