clinic violence
By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor November 11, 2009 - 8:42am
Roeder's lawyer says so-called necessity defense is a fiction of the imagination of extremist anti-choice groups.
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Shortly after Dr. George Tiller was murdered on May 31 and his Wichita clinic subsequently closed, other providers bravely stepped into the breach. Among them is Dr. LeRoy Carhart, now targeted by anti-choice forces in an eerily similar campaign.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor November 2, 2009 - 12:17pm
The description of a "prolife" bible offered for auction on eBay by a group seeking to fund a "justifiable homicide" defense for Scott Roeder uses the bible as a rationale for justifying killing providers.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor November 2, 2009 - 8:00am
eBay auction to support Roeder's defense on grounds of "justifiable homicide" proceeds despite earlier promise to nix it.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor October 28, 2009 - 7:22am
The LA Times reports this morning that eBay said Tuesday it would block the auction planned by anti-choice groups to raise money for Scott Roeder, the accused assassin of Kansas Dr. George Tiller. Roeder, charged with first-degree murder and being held without bond, is scheduled to go to trial in January.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor October 26, 2009 - 9:58am
Writing in the Kansas City Star, Judy L. Thomas, the reporter who has most closely followed Dr. George Tiller's murderer Scott Roeder, details efforts by anti-choice extremists to raise funds for Roeder by auctioning items on eBay.
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The New York Times’ coverage of Pouillon's murder obfuscates police reports that abortion was not a central factor, romanticizes anti-choice protesters, and ignores the history of anti-choice violence.
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By Andy Radmacher, Louisville's Clinic Escorts October 15, 2009 - 6:00am
A clinic escort in Louisville, Kentucky describes the scene outside the clinic at which she volunteers as the Archibishop of Louisville leads a protest. Also watch our video of the march.
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Last Saturday, I spent my morning in the company of nearly two dozen lurkers, skulkers, stalkers, harassers, and creeps... and I can't wait to do it again. As the "40 Days for Life" campaign kicks off, one escort tells their story.
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Will Bellevue, Neb., become the new Wichita as the epicenter of the anti-abortion protest movement? Not if Herb Evers can help it.
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