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Preliminary Hearing for Scott Roeder Reveals Details

Leonard Zeskind | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Scott Roeder, Preliminary Hearing, Trial Date Set, Dr. George Tiller, George Tiller, Pro-Life Movement, Abortion Rights, George-Tiler-Murdered, Anti-Abortion, Pro-Life, Anti-Abortion Protesters, Anti-Choice Movement, Dr. Tiller, Politics News
Leonard Zeskind

Scott Roeder, wearing a greenish suit with a red tie, sat impassive and stone-faced throughout the hearing. He had served time in prison before.

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Holder Pushes Hate Crime Bill in Wake of Recent Wave of Hate

Janet Murguía | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mexicans, Attacks, Hate Crimes, Congress, Nclr, Attorney General Eric Holder, Violence, Fbi, Immigrants, Southern Poverty Law Center, Eric Holder, Hate Crime Legislation, Dr. George Tiller, Eric Holder Attorney General, Hateful Rhetoric, Suffolk-County, u.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Talk Show Hosts, Jose Osvaldo Sucuzhanay, Elected Officials, Immigration Debate, Latinos, Shenandoah, Shooting, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hate Crimes Bill, Hispanic, Pennsylvania, New York, Murder, Luis Ramirez, Marcelo Lucero, National Council of La Raza, Ecuadorean, Politics News
Janet Murguía

Hate has always been present. But the recent spike in violence against immigrants is being fanned by the flames of the anger and hateful rhetoric being voiced in the debate over immigration.

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Women in the Media: A Night of Recognition

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Salon.com, LGBT Issues, Women's Issues, Media New Media, Lynn Nottage, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Rebecca Traister, Gloria Steinem, Women in Journalism, Liberia, Women in Media and News, Women's Media Center, 2008 Election, Pam Spaulding, Ruined, Dr. George Tiller, Feminsim, Gina Reticker, Rachel Maddow, Abigail Disney, Judy Grahm, Christiane Amanpour, Candy Crowley, Bonnie Erbe, Hillary Clinton, Tina Fey, Bill O'Reilly, Helene Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Joan Walsh, Media News
Marcia G. Yerman

The Women's Media Center was packed with women active in old and new media, advocacy, and culture.

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Twenty Questions About Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulter

Dave Hackel | Posted 07.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox, Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Dr. George Tiller, Media News
Dave Hackel

Does what any of us think of Dr. Tiller and his practices give anyone the right to murder the man? No.

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How Can I Be Loved for Hating Everybody?

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 07.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Abortion, James Von Brunn, Hate Crimes, Chrysler, Fuel Efficiency, Pundits, Scott Roeder, Aig, Pro-Life, Barack Obama, Dr. George Tiller, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Gasoline Prices, Wall Street, General Motors, Germany, Middle East, Oil Prices, Hillary Clinton, Hate Speech, Japan, Pro-Choice, Media News
B. Jeffrey Madoff

The world is changing way too fast. A year ago we thought Hillary Clinton might get elected. Television pundits repeatedly asked us if we were ready...

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Smart Cars, Terrorism, and Hoping for Audacity

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Whole Foods, Insanity, James Von Brunn, The Audacity of Hope, Honda Insight, Terrorism, Aa, Real Time, Dr. George Tiller, White Supremacist, Change, Smart Car, Hoping for Audacity, Gas Mileage, Mitsubishi Galant, Bill Maher, Politics News
Dr. Susan Corso

The only option. Change. Radical, untried, brand new ideas implemented to change the way things have been done around here for decades. When are we going to get it? What's it going to take?

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Murder to Prevent "Murder"

Eberhard Kronhausen and Phyllis Kronhausen | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Susan Hill, Judith Warner, Dr. George Tiller, Politics News
Eberhard Kronhausen and Phyllis Kronhausen

the death sentence is nothing more than another kind of "murder to prevent murder"

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National Outrage: Wichita Abortion Clinic Now Closed

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, George Tiller, Late Term Abortion, George-Tiller-Abortion-Clinic, Dr. George Tiller, Living News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

One can't help but wonder what signal permanently closing Tiller's clinic sends to those who would like to put a permanent end to choice.

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Seeds of Hatred---Reaping the Harvest

Larry Gellman | Posted 07.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Abortion, Mark Levin, Tiller, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, President Obama, G. Gordon Liddy, Obama, Pro-Life, Tom Tancredo, Barack Obama, Dr. George Tiller, Talk Radio, Conservatives, Sean Hannity, Rachel Maddow, Fox News, Hate Speech, Glenn Beck, Media News, Pro-Choice, Republican Party, Republicans, Israel, Media News
Larry Gellman

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

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George Tiller Investigation: DOJ Opens Probe Into Doctor's Murder

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Tiller, George Tiller Murder, Tiller Murder Probe, Dr. George Tiller, DOJ George Tiller Probe, Tiller Murder, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday opened an investigation into the killing of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller to see whether ...

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Searching for Answers in the Shadow of George Tiller's Murder

Susan J. Demas | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michigan Liberal, Abortion, Abortion Murder, George Tiller Killed, Late-Term Abortion, Andrew Sullivan, Abortion Rights, Scott Roeder, Anti-Abortion, George Tiller Murder, Scott Hagerstrom, Pro-Life, Dr. George Tiller, George Tiller, Operation Rescue, Moral Absolutes, Moral Absolutism, Americans for Prosperity, The Atlantic, George Tiller Killing, Partial-Birth Abortion, Pro-Choice, Off the Record, William Butler Yeats, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

Some people know he did the right thing. What I'm not sure of is where that line is, between utter certitude in your beliefs and the willingness to kill for them. On Sunday, it got a lot blurrier.

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The Party Of Eternal War Unites Against Obama (And America)

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fox News, Cairo University, Hate Speech, Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Pro-Life Republicans, Sean Hannity, George Tiller, Israeli Settlements, George Tiller Murder, Obama Mideast Trip, Obama Mideast Speech, Dr. George Tiller, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

The reactions of right-wing, self-proclaimed "patriotic Americans" to Obama are almost word-for-word the same as the reactions from leading clerics of Iran. And the anti-Obama reaction of right-wing Zionist Israeli settlers and their Christian Zionist American supporters is just about word-for-word the same as the reaction of the leaders of Hamas.

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Abortion Revisited -- My Response to a Friend Whose Choice is No Choice

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Family Planning, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Catholicism, Abortion Rights, Dr. George Tiller, Politics News
Danielle Cavallucci

The United States has the highest abortion and unwanted pregnancy rate of any developed nation because of the way we handle the subjects of sexuality and abortion.

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How the Pro-Life Camp Sees the Tiller Murder

David Goldstein | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Terrorism, Dr. George Tiller, Politics News
David Goldstein

Political and PR considerations aside, many in the anti-abortion movement are happy Dr. Tiller is dead. Or relieved. Or at the very least, comfortable with a moral calculus that, in their minds, balances the life of one guilty man against the lives of thousands of innocent babies.

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"You Shall Not Murder" Exodus 20:13

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Murder, Abortion, Dr. George Tiller, George Tiller, George Tiller Murder, Politics News
Rev. Debra Haffner

Scripture neither condemns nor prohibits abortion, but the Ten Commandments couldn't be more direct on murder.

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Late-term Abortions: Facts, Stories and Ways to Help

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Third-Trimester Abortion, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Late-Term Abortion, Dr. George Tiller, Dr. Tiller, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

Tiller was a man who put himself in jeopardy to ensure that a woman would not have to lose her life to infection or complications in an already-doomed pregnancy.

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KRXQ Sacramento Radio Hosts Encourage Violence Against Transgender Children

Michael Rowe | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Transphobia, Transgender, Glaad, Rob, Transsexual, LGBT Rights, Homophobia, Krxq, Gay-Children, Bill O'Reilly, Transgender Children, Dr. George Tiller, Arnie, Media News
Michael Rowe

One doesn't need a primer of transgender or transsexual history in order to appreciate the awesome brutality of the KRXQ shock-jocks' diatribe.

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Kill for Life

Jonathan Richards | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, George Tiller Murder, Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, Religious Right, Right to Life, Dr. George Tiller, Political Cartoons, Cartoon, Politics News
Jonathan Richards

"You reap what you sow," apologists for the murderer of Dr. Tiller are saying. For their sakes, for all of our sakes, one hopes not.

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Contempt for Women Threatens Their Doctors

Michele Swenson | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Crisis Pregnancy, Politicizing Reproduction, Demonizing Women and Their Doctors, Genetic Anomalies, Late-Term Abortion Stories, Rep. Henry Hyde, "Partial-Birth" Abortion, Dr. George Tiller, Politics News
Michele Swenson

Most often, contempt for women drives zealots on the right, who frame issues around reproduction to control, demonize and intimidate women and their doctors.

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An Open Letter to the Wichita Shooter Who Killed Abortion Provider Dr. George Tiller

Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Choice, Planned Parenthood, Dr. George Tiller, George Tiller Murder, Politics News
Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff

American women need to stand up loud and send a message we are in fact capable and qualified to make our own medical decisions, and we demand the right to do so under the law.

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Dr. George Tiller Murdered in Wichita - Suspect in Custody

Emily Douglas | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Choice Violence, Domestic Terrorism, Anti-Choice Movement, Dr. George Tiller, Politics News
Emily Douglas

Yglesias argues that direct action terrorist violence against abortion providers has proven to be a successful tactic.

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My Abortion: It's Time to Tell

Tamar Abrams | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Violence Against Women, Roe v. Wade, Violence, Pregnancy, Pro-Life, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice, Dr. George Tiller, Living News
Tamar Abrams

When a killer pointed a gun at Dr. Tiller on Sunday, he forced me to tell my story. I urge all women across the nation to tell their stories.

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Racism, Anti-Semitism and the Murder of Dr. Tiller

Leonard Zeskind | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Racism, Scott Roeder, Kansas, Freemen, Dr. George Tiller, Politics News
Leonard Zeskind

Scott Roeder, a person of interest in the murder of Dr. Tiller, is widely known for his anti-abortion zealotry. Less known is his connection to the Christian common law courts and militia movement.

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The Politics of "Murder"

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Violence, Abortion, Dr. George Tiller, Antiabortion Activists, Pro-Life Movement, George Tiller Murder, Politics News
Jeffrey Feldman

This right-wing rhetorical strategy is used so often, people barely give it any notice anymore. Calling people "murderers" and "baby killers" has become a normal part of U.S. media.

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Sarah Palin: Tiller Murder A "Tragedy"

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Dr. George Tiller, Governor Sarah Palin, George Tiller, Sarah Palin, Anti-Abortion, Governor of Alaska, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Palin Tiller, Tiller, Tiller Murder, Palin on Tiller, Politics News

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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