Dr. George Tiller, one of the few physicians in the United States who performed late term abortions was murdered Sunday in the foyer of his church in Kansas. He is the eighth abortion provider murdered in the US since 1977 and his death is indicative of a larger assault on health clinics and providers who offer reproductive services, including abortion. Jennifer Pozner says that such actions are really cases of textbook terrorism and need to be identified as such.
Lynn Paltrow, Founder and Executive Director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women, Jennifer Pozner, Executive Director of Women In Media & News (WIMN), a media analysis, education and advocacy group, Sunsara Taylor, a writer for Revolution Newspaper, and an abortion provider in the south take on the media’s response to Tiller’s death and discuss what pro-choice organizations need to do moving forward.
We have decried this tactic from the Islamic world. They create the hate speech that drives people to violence, and then disown the consequences. The truth is they LIKE having crazy followers. They are doing absolutely nothing to stop them. It is time to hold these people responsible for polarizing and radicalizing the debate. Speak out and let no one have any doubt that the right fully intends to cultivate and utilize its crazy fanatics.
By FreeDUMB on June 2nd, 2009 at 3:04 pm