UPDATE: Dr. Tiller’s former clinic to close.
(originally posted June 2, 2009)
From Nancy Northrop, President of the Center for Reproductive Rights,
I am deeply saddened by the tragic news of Dr. Tiller’s murder. Dr. Tiller has long been a stalwart and fearless defender of women’s fundamental health and rights, providing abortions despite decades of relentless and vicious attacks on his clinic, family and private life. His death is a devastating loss to the reproductive rights movement and to women across this country. We send our condolences to his family and friends.
Others on the web react to the event:
NY Times: Abortion Doctor Shot to Death in Kansas Church
The American Prospect: Why Clinic Violence is Obama’s Problem
The Huffington Post: Rachel Maddow interviews Dr. Susan Wicklund, abortion provider and friend of Dr. Tiller
The Lede: Doctor Was Target of O’Reilly’s Rhetoric
Salon: Sure, killing a doctor’s wrong — but don’t overreact!