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Weekly Pulse: Dr. George Tiller's Assassin Was No Lone Wolf

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger When Scott Roeder shot Dr. George Tiller in church last year, media accounts described him as a lone w...

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FBI's investigation of Tiller killing looks at Roeder's jail visitors

Kansas City Star | Posted 05.25.2011

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The list of those visiting and communicating with the man accused of killing Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller reads like a who's who of anti-abor...

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Right Wing Hate Getting Out of Control

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.25.2011

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About an hour's drive from where I live, a miserable 60-year old man by the name of Donnie Baker murdered two Chilean college students and wounded fiv...

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Abortion Protest Leaves Tiller Clinic To Avoid Confrontation

McClatchy | Posted 05.25.2011

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A possible confrontation over abortion never came to pass Saturday as opposing groups convened at noon at different locations. About 30 abortion oppo...

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"Anonymous" Republican Senator Obstructs Resolution to Condemn Clinic Violence

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yesterday, a Republican Senator used his power to put a "hold" on a Senate Resolution originally condemning violence against women's health providers, thereby blocking any vote on the resolution.

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It's Time to "Profile" Potential Killers of Abortion Providers

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's an axiom in police circles: if someone is determined to kill another there's not a whole lot you can do about it. Hogwash.

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A Question for Dick Cheney: Should We Now Waterboard Tiller's Murderer?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roeder is claiming the now-infamous "ticking time bomb" scenario of what can only be termed domestic terrorism. Doesn't this mean that he should immediately be waterboarded?

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Bringing Women's Stories Into The Abortion Debate

Huffington Post | Katie Saddlemire | Posted 11.17.2011

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Since Dr. George Tiller was killed on Sunday, the abortion debate has returned to the limelight. Pundits and public officials discussed when life r...

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Seeds of Hatred---Reaping the Harvest

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011

We can't call ourselves civilized until we learn to disagree like grownups.

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Catholics for Choice Protest Appointment of Anti-choice Advocate to Senior Position at HHS

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The appointment yesterday of Alexia Kelley as Director of Faith-based and Community Partnerships at the Department of Health and Human Services marks "a defeat for reason and logic."

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Operation Rescue Adviser Helped Roeder Track Tiller

McClatchy | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller stood trial in March on charges he violated state law in providing late-term abortions, the man now accused...

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A Modicum of Dr. Tiller's Courage

Ayelet Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011

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We kept the appointment. We had the abortion. It broke our hearts. The only thing worse would have been not to do it.

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Scott Roeder's Family Describe A Drastic Personality Shift

The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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From the one-story house she once shared in this Kansas City suburb with her former husband, now suspected in the death of a doctor who performed late...

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In Memory of Dr. George Tiller - He Supported Women's Dignity

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many were women with wanted pregnancies who learned that their baby had no brain, or kidneys growing on the outside of their bodies.

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Reading The Pictures: Tiller and the Silencers

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

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What is important to emphasize regarding the murder of Dr. Tiller is that this situation was heading for a bad end.

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Political Violence in America

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is undeniably true that there is a dangerous and virulent streak of violence and fascism in American conservatism, now and throughout our country's history.

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Sarah Palin: Tiller Murder A "Tragedy"

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE 6/2: On Tuesday, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin expanded on the murder of George Tiller, comparing the doctor's death to the "equally disgusting" murd...

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George Tiller Killed: Abortion Doctor Shot At Church

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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***UPDATE*** US Attorney General Eric Holder is dispatching US Marshals to protect abortion clinic and doctors around the country. Holder issued the ...

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