in 1970 tiller s father along with his mother, his sister and his brother-in-law were all killed in a plane crash. after that crash, george tiller left the navy to head back to wichita where he and his wife adopted his infant nephew and where he intended to wind down and eventually close up his father s practice in wichita. but then something happened. patients started asking the younger dr. tiller if he was going to take care of women the way his father had done. this was before roe vs. wade. abortion at the time was illegal in kansas. i was horrified because the only thing worse than a woman that would request an abortion was the physician that would do the abortion. so i was outraged. why would these nice people that my dad had been providing quality health care for them
with. but it also sent a message to women and girls in kansas. if you tried to get an abortion here, you could be the subject of an investigation by the state attorney general. this guy will get his hands on your personal medical records, all of them. cline ultimately got his license to practice law yanked by the state of kansas for misconduct in his pursuit of dr. tiller. all of his efforts against tiller ultimately yielded a misdemeanor case brought by cline s successor. on march 27th, 2009 following years of investigations, after four days of testimony, it took jurors 25 minutes to clear george tiller of all charges. but two months later, dr. tiller was dead. tiller s murderer had been sitting in that room watching the system exonerate george tiller. you can see him here sitting next to the president of operation rescue. two months later he would walk
abortion provider in america. already many have bulletproof glass, and across the country there are more than 30,000 escorts who have to use cloak and dagger measures to protect documents, clients and themselves. a wave of clinic bombings that peaked in the 1980s was followed by a series of assassinations in the 1990s. an abortion facility was hit by a bomb blast. a bomb blast at three abortion clinic. a propane gas bomb ecploded last night. so far this year 28 abortion clinics and information centers have been bombed or set afire. dr. david was shot. dr. tiller who performs third trimester abortions had been shot twice outside his clinic. the gunman shot four people before escaping here. one woman a clinic worker died at the scene. dr. john britain and james barrett were cut down with shot
in 1970 tiller s father along with his mother, his sister and his brother-in-law were all killed in a plane crash. after that crash george tiller left the navy to head back to wichita where he and his wife adopted his infant nephew and where he intended to wind down and eventually close up his father s practice in wichita. but then something happened. patients started asking the younger dr. tiller if he was going to take care of women the way his father had done. this was before roe vs. wade. abortion at the time was illegal in kansas. i was horrified because the only thing worse than a woman that would request an abortion was the physician who would do the abortion. so i was outraged. why would these nice people and then my dad had been provided quality health care for them over an extended period of time say tiller thought his father had
their enemy. i remember when dr. tiller was assassinated. i was in my first year of medical school. i was in a womens health elective actually when i found out. and i i don t know if that just like planted a seed in my head but i will always remember that moment. and i come here now as an abortion provider and i see my patients who have been cared for in the past by dr. tiller. i see nurses and volunteers and so many people know him. and it s inspiring. but it s also scary. i know i think about it all the time especially when i m sort of out and about. i m flying or i m pulling into clinic or i m checking into the hotel. i don t want to tell my uber driver what i m doing here.