Tiller trial opens today to abortionist fatigue
UPDATE, 12:05a: Operation Rescue is twittering the Tiller trial. (Say that 3 times.) Follow oprescue.
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UPDATE, 11:05a: Kathy Ostrowski, state legislative director for Kansans for Life, discusses the anticipated Tiller defense at KansasLiberty.com as well as reminds us Tiller was outted for committing illegal late-term abortions by the very mothers he aborted in a 2005 LA Times puff piece.
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Per the LA Times:
For activists on both sides of the debate over legalized abortion, the criminal trial of Dr. George Tiller, which begins Monday in a Wichita courtroom, is an oddly unfulfilling culmination of a struggle that has wrenched KS for years….
Although neither side will discuss the evidence, the state is expected to contend that Tiller’s relationship with Ann Kristin Neuhaus, the 2nd doctor who signed off on the 19 abortions in question, violated the physician independence provision. Each count carries a maximum penalty of as long as a year in prison and a $2,500 fine….
“The attorney general’s office is not very excited about this case,” said Joseph Aistrup, a political science professor at KS State University….
“If Tiller is convicted and it does lead to his clinic being shut down, the ironic twist is almost overwhelming. It would be a pro-choice attorney general that shut him down.”…
“In some respects,” he added, “most of us in KS would prefer that Tiller go away – not because of opposition or support for what he does, but the publicity has been so negative over the course of time.”
Abortionist fatigue.
Actually, I would take this conviction, as unconfident as I am the AG will try too hard. Recall Al Capone was brought down on charges of tax evasion.
I couldn’t help myself when reading Wichita Eagle reporter Ron Sylvester’s story on the opening. Sylvester, you’ll recall, is in the tank for Tiller.
We’ll see if my comment stays up.
[HT for LA Times story: Tom McClusky of FRC Action blog; photo courtesy of the Wichita Eagle]
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Kansas is stained by the blood this man has spilled. I am praying that justice will be done.
Jill, Ron Sylvester already took your comment down.
Regarding the quote of the day:
“George Tiller is a genuine hero who ranks alongside Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King, Jr. in the pantheon of defenders of human liberty
~ Jacob Appel, NY University instructor, as quoted by the LA Times, March 22”
Here’s God’s response:
Isaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
Amen, Hisman.
I can only hope and pray that Tiller will be shut down. He is as evil as they come.
Jasper, 11:30a: Just checked and it’s still there. Scroll down to bottom. Thanks for checking, though!
It is gone. censorship. Of coure these topics always for some reason get statements from Attorney dan Monnat in the body of the articles.
What happens if he’s found guilty? Will he be put out of business?
Okay, that was kind of a vague question. I meant would he lose his license? Or would his clinic just close? Sorry.
If the Tiller is found guilty, he will have at some point a chance to face the medical Ethics board. There are several ways he can end up going out of business.
This Jacob Appel dude, a NY University instructor, as quoted by the LA Times, March 22 said, “”George Tiller is a genuine hero who ranks alongside Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King, Jr. in the pantheon of defenders of human liberty”.
Well Mr. Jacob, you should do your homeowork. And you get paid to spew your filth at a University? It’s no wonder our country is failing.
It’s well-known that Susan B. Anthony was one of the very first feminists and women’s suffragists. What isn’t so well-known is the fact that Susan B. Anthony and many of her contemporaries in the fight for gender equity were fiercely opposed to abortion. They saw that abortion was not the answer to the problem of women being exploited. Rather, they saw it as a symptom of women being exploited–an acknowledgement that in a world hostile to women, the unique, precious contributions that women make to society through pregnancy and motherhood are seen as a burden. No one would seriously argue that women enjoy aborting, or do so on a whim. It is cruel to call abortion a “choice”, when “My baby or my job” and “My baby or my education” are not real choices at all. The woman aborting is not enjoying some grand right; rather, she is sacrificing her child and her emotional well-being (and in some cases her physical well-being) in a desperate, violent attempt to escape from a situation where she sees no other options. The woman at the abortion clinic would not be there if she had support from society to feel confident carrying her child to term. To be a pro-life feminist is not only to believe that women deserve protection from violence even while they are residing in their mother’s womb, but to demand that women be given true choices. We seek not just to eliminate abortion, but to eliminate the social conditions that create a demand for abortion. We seek a society in which motherhood is as celebrated a choice as abortion is in our current world; a society that does not view pregnancy as a “disease”, something to be ashamed of, or a stumbling block to a person’s advancement in society.
And this from Martin Luther King’s prophetic “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” …
“There was a time when the church was very powerful in the time when the early Christians rejoiced at being deemed worthy to suffer for what they believed. In those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. Whenever the early Christians entered a town, the people in power became disturbed and immediately sought to convict the Christians for being “disturbers of the peace” and outside agitators. But the Christians pressed on in the conviction that they were “a colony of heaven” called to obey God rather than man. Small in number they were big in commitment. They were too God-intoxicated to be “astronomically intimidated.” By their effort and example they brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide.”
Mr. Jacob, I suggest you go back to Kintergarten and learn what the word “truth” means and tehn learn how to tell it. Failing that, you should subject yourself to having your mouth washed out with soap.
And this too Mr. Jacob, assumption is the lowest form of knowledge.
Wow, HisMan, a wonderful post! You point out so much that needs to be said. God bless you.
Tiller represents the absolute worst aspects, not only of America, but of all of humanity. He and Joseph Mingele are two birds of a feather.
Just remember Tiller killed more babies than America lost soldiers in Veit Nam.
Wow, xppc. I can’t imagine how he can sleep at night.
Based on shared personal experience and reactions to the Tiller trial from women at the PASS Support Boards, I would say his former patients don’t think too highly of him. (Board rules prohibt linking to posts or quoting posts, but I’m sure you could find the thread if you searched long enough). And keep in mind, these aren’t necessarily women who are pro-life or even personally opposed to abortion, but former patients of his.
XPPC:
Just how many babies has Tiller the Killer murdered.
Weren’t 55,000 precious souls lost in Viet Nam?
As far as I can understand it, the defense is one or both of the following:
1. The medical board chief told him it was okay to get Neuhaus to rubber stamp all his post-viability abortions.
2. The medical board didn’t bitch-slap him for having Neuhaus rubber-stamp the fatal abortion on Christin Gilbert, so he figured it must have been okay.
I’m perturbed that the prosecution is only calling Neuhaus as a witness, and not any medical expert to point out how lame her “referrals” were.
Hisman, I believe Tiller claims over 60,000.