Pro-life terrorism

Posted by Evan Derkacz at 11:35 AM on April 21, 2006.

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Yesterday's Focus on the Family newblast featured a statement (I'm having trouble calling it a "story") on a doctor facing a Grand Jury as a result of an abortion he'd performed.

A 19-year-old girl with Down's Syndrome had been raped and, after the abortion, she tragically died. The Kansas Board of Healing Arts cleared him of responsibility a short time later.

Based on nothing but Operation Rescue's reporting, a petition drive has successfully exploited a provision in Kansas law allowing citizens to convene a Grand Jury should they deem it necessary.

None of this is newsworthy, of course; just PR gimmicks designed to conflate abortion with death and misdeeds, to raise the ire of well-meaning people and perhaps to keep the funding valves open.

What is noteworthy, however, is that in every account I've read on this case from the pre-lifers, there's a creepy lack of any discouragement from violence. To begin with, there's no mention that the doctor targeted by this campaign, Dr. George Tillman, had been shot by violent pre-lifer Rachelle Shannon back in 1993.

The Citizen Link report, which makes no mention of the shooting nor anyone who advocates stopping short of violence, quotes Operation Rescue's President Troy Newman:

"It's high time that this man is held accountable for his actions that have caused untold misery and loss of life."

In the LifeSiteNews article it links to, Newman's rhetoric is even more inflammatory and irresponsible: "Christin was raped in Texas and killed in Kansas..."

Operation Rescue's founder, Randall Terry has well-documented links to killer James Charles Kopp before, during and after his conviction.

With a history of inciting violence and a doctor who's already been shot, how much of a stretch is it to charge that this kind of talk borders on terrorism?

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Evan Derkacz is a New York-based writer and contributor to AlterNet.

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Sooprise, sooprise sooprise [Report this comment] Posted by: brasilaron on Apr 21, 2006 12:36 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Is anyone surprised that anti-abortion pro-death anti-woman activists are willing to play contortionist acts with the law, the truth and the conscience to achieve their goal of complete control over the choices a woman can make concerning her reproductive life. It's all a gimmick to try to return us to the days when women were chattle to be auctioned off to the highest bidder etc. Of course they're not gonna mention pesky details like shooting a person just b/c that person performed a medical procedure they deemed "bad". Of course they're not gonna let pesky details like expert medical opinion bother their "beautiful minds" that have already decided this man is guilty as hell and needs to be demoted to newt-ness by any form of appropriate witch-craft or other superstitious hullabaloo they can conjure. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Rule by one-celled creatures [Report this comment] Posted by: AndreaN on Apr 21, 2006 10:18 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Oh hello fellow humans. Here's a sad example of the take-over in the near future by the lowest common denominator. Idiots reign for a short time just before the end of the human race. Sad. Darwin was wrong. I hope there is such a thing as the soul. See ya on the other side friends. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: ule by one-celled creatures Posted by: lamar Paulines ride again [Report this comment] Posted by: Jeffersonista on Apr 23, 2006 6:55 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] They get thier model from Paul, who co-oopted Jesus's teachings so he could use it as an excuse for killing anyone who opposed him. It's worked like a charm for thousands of years for the roman catholic church. No surprises here. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Nut bars [Report this comment] Posted by: Fang-Face Dreamweaver on Apr 24, 2006 3:40 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I tend to consider it a sign of schizophrenia when raving, nut bar, fanatics encourage bloody-handed murder of those who do not pander to their fanaticism, in direct violation of the Ten Commandments (Thou Shalt Not Commit Murder; Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thine Neighbour), and the teachings of Jesus Christ. Of course, advocating murder is not the same as doing the deed, and they would argue, I've no doubt that it is permissible to violate the spirit of biblical law as long as you don't violate the letter of the law. Still, why hasn't somebody brought people like Randall up on charges of blasphemy and heresy? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Nut bars Posted by: Longdream Suddenly they care about the life of the mother [Report this comment] Posted by: LMNOP on Apr 24, 2006 1:38 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I like the way that these born again assholes are suddenly concerned with the life of the mother. Wouldn't it be nice if these insects had a principle and could stick to it? I don't believe in hell, but I wish one existed just for the pious hypocrites. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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