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NARAL Pro-Choice America Statement on Jury’s Conviction of Scott Roeder
WASHINGTON - January 29 - Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, issued the following statement in response to a jury's conviction of Scott Roeder as guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Dr. George Tiller.
"The jury examined the facts of this case and rightfully convicted Scott Roeder for the brutal murder of Dr. George Tiller inside his church in Kansas. Our thoughts are with Dr. Tiller's family and friends. Even though this conviction brings a murderer to justice, it won't replace the husband, father, and grandfather they lost last May. Dr. Tiller was a tireless advocate for reproductive health who called on us to 'trust women' to make the personal, private decisions that are best for them and their families. We will continue to honor his legacy of compassion and resolve.
"We also call on opponents of a woman's right to choose to end the practice of inflammatory rhetoric and tactics that inspire this kind of violent action from the most extreme factions of the anti-choice movement. No other abortion provider's family should have to endure the tragedy of seeing their loved one killed for providing an essential and legal health service to women."
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4 Comments so far
Show AllWhile I'm glad that Scott Roeder and all the other anti-choice people who've murdered, or attempted to murder and otherwise terrorize Reproductive Rights Clinic workers, including practitioners and doctors who perform abortions, it's very scary to realize that there are others like Roeder, Rudolph, etc., are waiting in the wings to take their place. If the cold-blooded killings of Shannon Lowney and Lee Ann Nichols at the clinic in Brookline, MA, and last year's murder of Dr. George Tiller are any indication, having a pro-choice POTUS really doesn't account for a whole hell of a lot, which is quite scary.
Roeder reflects the insidious nature of the "life begins at conception" theory, which forces believers to choose between taking actions like Roeder's or tolerating the daily mass "murder" of the unborn. It's a wonder that so few murders of medical personnel have occurred, given the widespread acceptance of this doctrine, masquerading as a benevolent religious belief, that brings misery to those who accept it as well as to those deprived of the right to choose.
I believe that the religions that teach that life begins at the moment of conception do a lot of harm not only to pro choice people but to their spiritual leader. Recently our local newspaper had an editorial supporting a woman's right to chose and gave statistics of women who die due to lack of access to reproductive health care. A man answered it with his announcement that conception is a miracle. How anyone can believe that, when only God can preform a miracle and so many conceptions are the result of brutal, violent, attacks, against girls and women, is beyond me. Evidently they believe God is a brutal, evil, violent, Supreme Being. What an absurd theory, for spiritual leaders who teach that God is a God of peace and love.