I am writing this with tears running down my face. Please excuse me if my spelling or grammar is incorrect. forgive me if this is a duplication, I just got a phone call from friends.
Dr. George Tiller has been murdered because he cared about women and their rights, because he offered quality medical care, of all kinds.
Dr. Tiller was murdered by those who love the unborn and despise the living. Dr. Tiller was murdered because he provided abortions to women in Wichita, Kansas.
But abortions were not all he offered. Dr. Tiller treated me for infertility for several years. He was a , kind, caring and, yes, empathetic physician, He treated women as people; he got to know us, our lives, our partners. Dr. Tiller treated us with respect as intelligent and responsible women.
That is why Dr. Tiller has been murdered. He believed women deserved the best treatment to meet the needs of their lives. He did not think we were peons to be taken care of by lawmakers and doctors who knew better than us. He believed that we had the right to make decisions for ourselves.
I cannot describe the thought process, ideology, dogma of those who killed him. I simply cannot cope with that right now. But they are legion, all responsible for the single finger on the trigger. May god forgive them.
And may god welcome Dr. George Tiller into the peace and love he deserves.