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Dr. Tiller

Kansas City Star: Anti-Choice Extremists Plan to Use E-Bay To Raise Money for Tiller's Assassin

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

October 26, 2009 - 9:58am

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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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Dr. Tiller Murdered Again by NBC's Law and Order

By Charlotte Taft

October 26, 2009 - 6:00am

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When members of the Abortion Care Network learned that NBC’s Law and Order would do a "ripped from the headlines" episode on the assassination of Dr. George Tiller, many of us were upset. Now that we have seen it, we are furious.

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UPDATE: Killer of Pouillon and Fuoss Charged, Planned to Murder a Third Person

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

September 11, 2009 - 4:53pm

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Harlan J. Drake, 33, of Owosso has been charged with two counts of first-degree, premeditated murder in Friday's slaying of an anti-abortion activist in Owosso and an Owosso Township gravel pit owner. The killings, and a third planned by Drake but thwarted by his arrest, were not related to any political agenda.

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UPDATE: Kansas Rights Group Mobilizes To Protect Carhart Clinic; Calls on AG to Restore Federal Marshals

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

August 10, 2009 - 9:00am

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Pro-choice groups mobilizing to protect clinic and calling on Attorney General to restore federal marshal protection to providers of abortion care now under attack by extremist groups.

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Dr. Carhart, Under Threat from "Domestic Terrorist Network," Abandoned by Federal Marshals

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

August 8, 2009 - 6:15pm

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Despite mounting threats to his clinic--and potentially his life--by extremists with links to the murderer of Kansas Dr. George Tiller, the DOJ has removed federal marshals that were protecting Nebraska Dr. Leroy Carhart. 


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A Man Who Trusted Women

By Michele Kort, Ms. Magazine

July 30, 2009 - 7:00am

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Dr. George Tiller leaves a legacy of courage, tenacity and an abiding dedication to women’s rights. Many of those touched by him continue to mourn his death.

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Since When Are TERRORISTS allowed to give Press Interviews?

Reader diary posted by fingerlakeswanderer, SUNY Cortland

July 27, 2009 - 12:49pm

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Why is the man who murdered Dr. Tiller being allowed to give interviews from jail?


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Come Together to Prevent My Murder

By Jen Boulanger, Allentown Women's Center

June 30, 2009 - 8:00am

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There can be no common ground unless all parties are truly safe.  The pro-life movement must reject violent acts and violent messaging and the Obama administration must be more proactive in addressing violence against clinic workers.

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Roundup: Department of Justice Will "Deter Violence" Against Abortion Providers

By Amy Dempsey, RH Reality Check

June 17, 2009 - 10:08am

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Department of Justice Will "Deter Violence" Against Abortion Providers; Hillary Clinton Issues Human Trafficking Report; Legislation to Eliminate Child Marriage is Passed in House of Representatives.

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Ground We've Already Covered

By Debra Haffner, Religious Institute

June 17, 2009 - 8:00am

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The real moral challenge we face is how to ensure access to the means to prevent unintended pregnancies - specifically comprehensive sexuality education, universal access to contraceptive services, including emergency contraception, and education and employment opportunities for young women.

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