The moment I heard that third-trimester abortionist George Tiller had been killed last week, I knew what would happen afterwards. And, predictably, it has all come to pass.
First, of course, came the accusations from pro-abortion organizations, and then much of the mainstream media, that this could be some sort of right-wing conspiracy to bump off abortion “providers” even though no abortionist has been murdered in this millennia. Pro-life groups quickly condemned the killing, as they should have, and distanced themselves from the lone demented shooter. Rhetoric urging abortionists to be killed has been limited to a handful of discredited fringe individuals.
Nevertheless, the federal government sprang into action, offering to dispatch federal marshals to abortion facilities around the country to ensure that women still have the “right to choose.” On Friday, the Justice Department launched an investigation to see whether the shooter had accomplices.
The media have portrayed Tiller as a heroic figure, bravely doing abortions despite the threat of being hurt or killed. Some reports had women who had abortions at his facility heaping praises upon him. The adulation continued at his funeral Saturday. Somehow they believed that killing a deformed or retarded baby in the womb is merciful.
Certainly Tiller was a rare breed. But it seems silly to portray him as a great humanitarian, when he earned $6,000 for a procedure tthat involves puncturing the baby's skull with scissors then sucking brains out with a suction tube. There are so few people like Tiller around because even most abortionists see something terrible unethical with discarding a viable child into a trashcan.
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