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From Minnesota prison, anti-abortion activist praises Tiller’s killing

By Andy Birkey | 01.21.10 | 2:31 pm

shelleyshannonAs the trial against Scott Roeder, an anti-abortion activist who gunned down Dr. George Tiller last year, gets under way, another anti-abortion activist who attempted to murder Tiller is praising Roeder’s actions from her prison cell in Minnesota.

Klobuchar bill condemning Tiller murder faces GOP opposition

By Andy Birkey | 06.22.09 | 4:31 pm

klobucharWeeks after Dr. George Tiller was shot and killed in his Kansas church, the U.S. Senate is debating a resolution condemning violence against abortion providers. But abortion politics has…

Will Minnesota legislators revise comments about DHS ‘extremists’ report?

By Andy Birkey | 06.11.09 | 11:30 am

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After the murder of Dr. George Tiller nearly two weeks ago and yesterday’s shootings at the Holocaust Museum by a man with…

Coleen Rowley: FBI missed opportunity before Tiller murder

By Andy Birkey | 06.05.09 | 10:47 am

roeder-0604-muckColeen Rowley, Minnesotan and former FBI whistleblower, told Talking Points Memo on Thursday that the FBI missed an opportunity to intervene before Scott Roeder murdered Kansas physician George Tiller.

Hundreds gather in Minneapolis to remember Dr. Tiller

By Andy Birkey | 06.04.09 | 11:05 am

vigilSeveral hundred people gathered in Loring Park Tuesday night to remember the life of Dr. George Tiller who was murdered in his church Sunday morning. Tiller, who had experienced…

Candlelight vigil to honor Dr. Tiller in Loring Park

By Andy Birkey | 06.02.09 | 7:28 am

800px-candle-calendarA candlelight vigil will be held in Loring Park at 9 pm on Tuesday evening, June 2, to honor the life of Dr. George Tiller, a reproductive health physician who was…

Planned Parenthood of Minnesota to get U.S. Marshal protection

By Andy Birkey | 06.01.09 | 10:39 am

planned_parenthoodPlanned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS) has been offered the protection of the U.S. Marshals Service in the wake of the murder of Dr. George Tiller. Tiller,…

‘A fascist movement’: Colorado doctor calls Tiller assassin ‘terrorist’

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.01.09 | 9:44 am

After yesterday’s shooting death of late-term abortion doctor George Tiller in Wichita, Kan., a Colorado physician who provides abortion services said Tiller’s assassination was the “absolutely inevitable consequence” of decades of anti-abortion fanaticism, according to an…

Kansas doctor gunned down in church

By Andy Birkey | 05.31.09 | 5:27 pm

Dr. George Tiller, a reproductive health physician and medical director of a clinic that performs abortions in Wichita, Kan., was gunned down in his church on Sunday. Anti-abortion groups immediately sent out a flurry of press releases, most condemning the murder but a few implying that Tiller had it coming.