...For more than 30 years (click title to entry - thank you) the anti-abortion movement threw everything into driving Dr. Tiller out of business, certain that his defeat would deal a devastating blow to the "abortion industry" that has terminated roughly 50 million pregnancies since Roe v. Wade in 1973.
Dr. Tiller was shot to death in Wichita, Kan., May 31, 2009, in the foyer of his longtime church as he handed out the church bulletin. Scott Roeder, an abortion opponent, was arrested for the shooting and later testified that he had shot Dr. Tiller in order to prevent him from carrying out abortions. On Jan. 29, 2010, Mr. Roeder was convicted of first-degree murder....