Who is dr tiller

This is borne out by data from the National Abortion Federation , which found in one report that reports of picketing, vandalism, assault, and threats of violence targeting abortion clinics were at an all-time high. In , Hales says, she was sexually assaulted by a person who identified himself as an anti-choice protester, an experience that she documented in Cosmopolitan the following year; ever since the assault, she says, she has carried a loaded gun which she keeps in her office at all times, something she says her parents also did as a form of self-protection.

In the past few years, she says, not only has the number of anti-abortion protestors outside her clinic increased, so too has their level of vitriol. I see militant men on the sidewalks every day, late 20s, early 30s. Although physicians, nurses, and clinic staff members used to shy away from publicly discussing their work for security reasons, the advent of social media has made this far more difficult; the fact that anti-choice protesters are arguably better organized than they ever have been makes it even more terrifyingly easy for them to disseminate personal information, says Hales.

Even her parents are worried about her safety. That knowledge, compounded with the work of Tiller and other abortion providers who have lost their lives due to political extremism, is what fuels the work of Hales and doctors, nurses, administrators and clinic escorts like her.

I can keep fighting. Tiller in those moments. Newswire Powered by. Close the menu. Rolling Stone. Log In. Late-term abortions were legal in Kansas if the woman was at risk for irreversible impairment of a major bodily function. Knowing that his clinic was a target, Tiller directed his profits toward security, for himself and for the building.

Tiller drove an armored sports utility vehicle and wore a bulletproof vest. Because anti- abortion activists regularly sued Tiller for what the activists viewed as baby killing, Tiller also spent a large amount of money on legal protection. Following the murder of another abortion doctor in , federal marshals protected Tiller. According to Tiller, his clinic grossed 1. Kansas attorney general Phill Kline, an anti- abortion advocate and former conservative radio host, led the investigation.

In , anti- abortion activists gathered enough signatures to require Tiller to appear before two grand juries, both of which declined to indict him for wrongdoing. In part, Tiller was cleared by the vagueness of Kansas law. The evidence against him, however, was insufficient, and the jury acquitted him of all charges. After winning his legal battles, Tiller continued his work at the clinic. David Young DY : The ultrasound where we found out that there was something wrong was supposed to be the last thing before going in and delivering a beautiful baby boy.

It was two horrible choices: having a third-term abortion or have to wait until the last month of pregnancy knowing that we were going to have to give birth to a baby who could not live…. NY: Within a couple of days we were on a plane to Wichita. I remember arriving at Dr. And I felt like this was the last place we wanted to be.

I remember us meeting Dr. Tiller who was so kind and so sorry that we were there. DY: He kept reminding us that nobody wanted to be there.

DY: He made sure that we knew he had kids of his own and grandkids of his own. NY: And so to be able to connect in that way, I thought was really comforting. Tiller called me — to check on you. While we both felt a sense of loss, I think we also felt a sense of gratitude that we could allow Elijah to rest in peace and not have to struggle.

NY: When I read about some person shooting Dr. Tiller, I totally freaked out.