George Tiller's Clinic To Reopen, 'Resume Normal Operations' [UPDATED]

UPDATE: The Wichita Eagle is reporting that Tiller's clinic will not be resuming operations on Monday, "countermand[ing] a statement by longtime clinic doctor LeRoy Carhart":

"The family of Dr. George Tiller would like to clarify statements made about the plans for Women's Health Care Services, P.A. The family's hope is that the valuable work of Dr. Tiller will be able to continue, but there have been no final decisions made about the long-term plans for the medical practice.

"There is currently no plan to immediately reopen the clinic, and no patients are being scheduled at this time. The Tiller family's focus, of course, is to determine what is in the best interests of the employees and the patients."

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After a week of closure to mourn the death of murdered physician Dr. George Tiller, the clinic he founded, Women's Health Care Services, will reopen on Monday and "resume normal operations." This is according to Dr. Leroy Carhart, who, along with two other physicians, served on the clinic's rotating staff. McClatchy has the news:

"What people need to know is... the women's services that we provided for 30 years are not going to change," Carhart said. "The same abortion services will remain available in Wichita."

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"Starting next Monday we should be back to 100 percent," he said.

The sorts of services the clinic has historically provided were aptly described earlier this week by Susan Hill, President of the National Women's Health Foundation:

Those included women diagnosed with cancer who needed abortions to qualify for chemotherapy, women who learned late in their pregnancies that their wanted babies had fatal illnesses, and rape victims so young they didn't realize they were pregnant for months. "We sent him 11-year-olds, 12-year-olds who were way too far along for anybody [else] to see," said Hill. "Eleven-year-olds don't tell anybody. Sometimes they don't even know they've had a period."

Those services also included this, and also this.

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George Tiller Refused To Quit: "Women Need Me" [AP]

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Comments

[tomasedison]

09:31 AM on 06/03/2009

Tiller's murderer needs to be doing hard time in a supermax prison with other terrorists - he should not be allowed to escape to a mental hospital.

[hedu56]

03:32 AM on 06/03/2009

Our hearts all over the country are heavy with sorrow for Dr. Tiller and his family and friends. The senseless hate that these people have been displaying are angering more and more people every day and bringing us together in a way that has not been seen in many years since the time of the Civil rights era when we also witnessed violent acts of terrorism towards our fellow human beings. We are not taking this lightly... people that condone these violent acts and violent language are creating a whole new population of people that will not be silent when we hear them talking. Those people will need to watch what they say in front of us as we will not be silent in front of their hate, nor will we turn the other cheek.

[hedu56]

01:45 AM on 06/03/2009

We are boycotting any station that FOX transmits. Rupert Murdoch is doomed to damnation because of the non-stop- hate- generating talk and down right lies he must encourage those cretins to air on those TV shows. Those people such as the ones on FOX news behave as though SATAN is the one they worship, not God.

[hedu56]

01:36 AM on 06/03/2009

Giggle giggle....look at the losers who talk about money...they must be thinking of their churches they go to every week and hand their money over to so their religious leaders can pound more hate into 'em in the name of Jesus. Gotta get the rationale to hate other people from somewhere, eh? Why not your local hate-spewing churches that demand you dump your money into their collection plates?? Heehee... your substandard intellligence is obvious.

[BlackYowe]

01:34 AM on 06/03/2009

Who will do the work with Doc. Tiller gone? I guess they will be keeping the names of the doctors quiet. This is such a sad story. God Bless George Tiller where ever he is now and may he rest in peace.

[jsgaetano]

11:29 PM on 06/02/2009

It's great to see Americans not backing down in the face of terrorist attacks.

[jjgg5]

06:54 PM on 06/02/2009

Where can donations be sent to Dr. Tiller's clinic?

[DianeGhil]

05:58 PM on 06/02/2009

Good for them - keep up standing up to these horrible religious right-wing nuts. Allow freedom of choice to ring.

[Bobrobert]

05:04 PM on 06/02/2009

Gotta help themselves to everyones money don't ya know!!!

[Bobrobert]

05:03 PM on 06/02/2009

Money... that is all the incentive they need.

They pull 150,000 a day in... they will not waste time thinking about what they will do!!!

[Weirdwriter]

12:39 AM on 06/03/2009

Ah yes, that well-known compassion and charity demonstrated by the fanatic anti-choice crowd yet again.

Didn't even bother to read the story, just blew past it, ignored the tragic reality, and spewed the usual lies.

Not what Jesus would do.

[llisa]

04:53 PM on 06/02/2009

Just made donation to Planned Parenthood in honor of Dr. Tiller.

I hope that Planned Planned Parenthood donations soar.

[AfroLatina21]

04:46 PM on 06/02/2009

I think that it is great that they are continuing business as usual and not letting this tragic death affect their work. I'm sure Dr. Tiller would have wanted this.

This also sends a message to those rabid psycho Pro-Lifers who are willing to kill to get their point across that they (the clinic, abortion doctors) will not be intimidated and scared.

[llisa]

04:36 PM on 06/02/2009

These are some courageous and dedicated people. If I lived anywhere near a clinic like this, I would volunteer there. These people are inspiring.

[akindependent]

01:07 AM on 06/03/2009

We can donate. We can ensure that those who intimidate and worse do not win.

[64ietkjetk]

04:36 PM on 06/02/2009

Norm Coleman's most recent and feeble attempt to delay Al Franken's imminent victory in the Minnesota for the US Senate election:

http://voteforamerica.net/editorials/Comments.aspx?ArticleId=269&ArticleName=MNSC+Oral+Arguments

[Lilybart]

04:16 PM on 06/02/2009

I support choice BUT Tiller seems to care for pregnancies that will never be born or will die very soon after.

If they want to target "baby killers" than regular clinics are a better choice since those early abortions might be healthy fetuses.

They should mind their own business but Tiller's clinic was a needed service.