Outrage at the Murder of Abortion Provider George Tiller, MD

Thanks to committed and courageous physicians like Dr. Tiller I was able to finish High School without keeping an unplanned pregnancy. Not only was my decision crucial to my respect for life and the hardships of having children, it allowed me to care for my aging, terminally ill parents and encouraged me to go to college and pursue a degree. Having an abortion saved my life and sanity, when the alternative would have produced two more disturbed people in society: the child that I would have been unable to rear correctly and myself, drowned in responsibility and sorrow. I thank people like him everyday, and someday when I am financially and emotionally stable and have children, it is to people like Dr. Tiller and my own kind physician that I want them to look up to.

Thank you, women's rights guardians. You are not killing, instead, you are saving countless lives.

To Dr. Tiller's family, friends, & colleagues---We are so sorry for your loss. We are among the many feeling shock, outrage, & profound sadness that Dr. Tiller's life was taken, & in such a horrible way. Dr. Tiller provided compassionate, thoughtful, quality care to couples in very difficult situations. Women whose fetuses had lethal abnormalities, & whose own life may be in danger, face agonizing realities. Dr. Tiller's work helped many deal with those realities, & provided support that allowed families to remain intact & nuturing of each other.

My sincerest condolences to Dr. Tiller's family, friends and staff. When my husband and I heard of this aweful tragedy we were very saddened. We believe he provided a much needed service for women in need. I was a patient of his several years ago; when my husband and I found out at 25 weeks pregnant that our little boy had a severe anomaly and wouldn't survive out in the world. We made a decision, that I don't wish upon anyone, to end the pregnancy so we could try to heal and move on as best we could. It was the hardest thing we've ever had to go through. This was very much a wanted child. Dr. Tiller and all his staff were wonderful to us and we were extremely thankful they were there for us and they helped us get through an aweful time in our lives. We were finally able to move on and we now have a perfect 16month old daughter. Thank you Dr. Tiller and staff for everything you did for us; we will never forget you.

I never met Dr. Tiller but will be forever grateful for the services that he provided over the years to women in need. I'm sorry for your loss and you're in my prayers.

I was deeply saddened to read of Dr. George Tiller's tragic murder.

I knew Dr. Tiller only on a professional level, as a colleague who also performed late-term abortions. Over the past 20 years, we would meet at conferences, we had lunch together, and we maintained a telephone relationship. We consulted with each other and referred patients to each other.

I was always impressed by, and admired, the professionalism of Dr. Tiller, particularly the kind, caring, compassionate manner in which he seemed to treat the women who were his patients. The patients that we referred to him loved Dr. Tiller, and there is no higher compliment of a physician's bedside manner than the esteem of his/her patients. Dr. George Tiller should be remembered for his goodness and kindness to his patients, and as a role model of professionalism for all physicians who serve women.

I call on Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health to help ensure that Dr. Tiller's life's work, Women's Health Care Services, continues on despite the murder of its founder and hero. I'm sure that he would want that. I can only speak for American Women's Services, and our group of more than a dozen physicians, but we are willing to lend support to WHCS, just as we did to other clinics after the murders of Dr. Britton, and Dr. Slepian, either by temporarily providing our physicians, or through financial or logistical support. PRCH, NAF, ARHP and Planned Parenthood should do the same. The murder of this fine physician and good man, should not be rewarded by the closure of his facility.

Steven C. Brigham, M.D.

My heart and prayers go out to the Tiller Family. I am so sorry for your loss and I just want you to know that your husband was a remarkable and brave man. I was only 13 when I visited this clinic and Dr.Tiller and his clinic not only gave me another chance at having a normal and successful life but also helped me emotionally deal with it. I knew I was not old enough or capable enough to raise a child at that age. He will be remembered forever for his thoughful and hard work for trying to ensure women all around the world had the choice to make their own decisions about their body. Thanks to him i am now a successful college student, engaged, and the proud mother of a baby girl. RIP Dr. Tiller

I live in West Virginia and am an advocate for reproductive freedom and justice. I and two other women of faith started an affiliate of the National Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice in 2004. The main reason we started the affiliate was because the religious conservative, anti-choice voice, was the only voice we were hearing from and we wanted the public to know you can be pro-choice and spiritual.
We learned last year that we're already back to Pre-Roe days in West Virginia. Women are having illegal abortions and they're also attempting self-induced abortions. I'm so proud that we stood up to the male-dominated, anti-women churches and legislature.
I think the two main barriers to reproductive freedom are the lack of basic education about the history of reproductive health in the US, and of course a male-dominated culture that still views women as property. I believe if we passed a federal law that mandated comprehensive sex education in every public school in the US, you would see a decline in teen pregnancy and STIs, HIV, & AIDS.
Isn't it typical of the patriarchy to use violence to bully and get their way. I say don't let them stop us. Keep talking about it and keep standing up for American women.
Bless You, Sue Amos

My heart hurts for such a great mans family, friends and coworkers. Dr. Tillers Clinic saved my life. I was pregnant with no where to go. If i had had the child i would of never been able to care for it. The wonderful people at the facility gave me a chance at a life, a life of goals and dreams that i never would of had. To all that worked with Dr. Tiller. Please keep your chin up. There are people out there that owe you so much. And i am one of them. My deepest condolences, and all my love and support to the staff and family of Dr. Tiller.

I am devastated and saddened by the murder of Dr. Tiller. My thoughts and prayers go out to Dr. Tiller’s family, friends, colleagues and love ones. As a woman and now a mother, I sincerely thank Dr. Tiller and other Doctors who stand up for the rights of women; understanding the care and services women need are not governed by society and their views, but a woman’s right to basic healthcare for her and her family. Dr. Tiller you will be truly missed and we will continue to fight for these rights in which you stood so courageous and faithful.

Crystal Sanford
Staten Island, New York

Women’s Health Care Services Staff,

The Feminists Women’s Health Center in Chico, Redding, Sacramento and Santa Rosa send our deepest condolences for the personal loss to the staff of Women’s Health Care Services, following the death of our colleague, and friend Dr. Tiller.
The staff members of Women’s Health Care Services and Dr. Tiller have been a referral source for women from FWHC for the past 30 years, and have provided the greatest personal and responsive medical care for women in dire need.

Together you have operated as comrades with an intensity of bond that has sustained you throughout profound challenge, and now through a mind-numbing act of violence you face a world without an integral part of your team.

Today, we send every one of you our support, love, comfort, admiration and gratitude for the daily work you have done to provide women with respectful, humane and good medical care.
We are greatly bereaved for all of you, ourselves and the world community. For us, this is a time to reflect and acknowledge your courageous acts of compassion, commitment and bravery throughout the years of struggle ensuring women the right to decide what is best for their lives.

The days ahead will be challenging, but look no further than in the mirror or at one another to find the strength and vision that you will need. It is with our deepest sorrow, and our greatest praise that we extend good will to every single one of you who have so passionately and bravely, supported, and stood by our brother in the struggle to save women’s lives.

In Solidarity,

Feminists Women’s Health Centers, of California

As a supporter throughout my adult life of women's right to safe, accessible abortions I was shocked and outraged by the cruel murder of Dr. Tiller. When I saw Suzanne Poppema's op ed in the LA Times, I recognized her name - we were both students at the University of New Hampshire in the late 1960's. Can you please pass along to her my admiration for the good work she has long done in women's health care, of course including abortion services, and thank her for writing her article about the great loss this country has suffered from the murder of Dr. Tiller. The truth does need to get out, and we have to work to get to a place where abortions are available throughout America and practitioners like Dr. Tiller and clinic staff members don't have to wear bullet proof vests to protect themselves in their efforts to better, and in many cases, save women's lives. Unfortunately, I don't think we can count on Barack Obama or Congress to make that happen without pressure from the people who understand the absolute need for these services.

Very Truly Yours,
Bill Clifton

I am so horrified by this terrible loss. My heartfelt condolences to his family and friends and colleagues. This was obviously a man dedicated to saving women's lives, despite relentless intimidation, and terroristic threats and tactics. Women's ability to choose for themselves, in the context of their own lives, health,values, religion ( or freedom from a religion), sexuality, & circumstances whether or not to carry a pregnancy to term MUST be one of the most fundamental rights protected in any democracy. The alternative is stark: forced reproduction, which is SLAVERY. The anti-choice zygote-fetishists ( see randall terry et al) have for years threatened and demonized doctors providing legal, responsible healthcare for women, and they cannot now disavow their role in inciting individuals to become unbalanced enough to listen to/ act upon their insane rhetoric.
I have asked a foundation i am affiliated with to make a gift in Dr. Tiller's honor to PRCH and while it cannot ease the sorrow of the loss of this dedicated and caring man, hopefully it can at least help in some tiny measure to carry on his work.

Thank you Dr Tiller and thank you to the Tiller family for all you fought for and achieved in saving women's lives. To persist through all you suffered already, took so much courage and commitment. My heart goes out to you after this terrible event.

For all too long violence and intimidation have been permitted to continue or even were encouraged by the previous Administration. The government should stand behind the law and provide effective protection to abortion providers. It is time that the radical abortion activists who incited violence with their distortions of the truth and dehumanizing sloganizing are held accountable in the same way that the Southern Poverty Law Center brought the Aryan Nations to its knees.

I agree with Dr Carhart as quoted in the Omaha World Herald:
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10644305
[Dr Carhart] sees his friend's death as "a declaration of war" on the part of radical anti-abortion activists whom he calls "fundamentalist terrorists . . . no different from al-Qaida, the Taliban or any of them." ... "These killers are not Christians. They're terrorists," he said. "People walking into restaurants with bombs on their backs, how is that any different than walking into a church and shooting a man down?"

Marie
Seattle WA

I, along with most thinking, compassionate people, was saddened to hear of the death of Dr. Tiller. My feelings went beyond grief to outrage that some people feel it is within their rights to deny others access to life saving treatment. As a young woman, I was diagnosed with cancer within weeks of learning I was pregnant. The pain of having to make a decision as to treatment was heartbreaking for my husband and me, but the one consolation was that we did have that right to make that decision. Without treatment, the cancer would certainly be fatal, and in any case the pregnancy was at risk. My oncologist referred me to a doctor in our area who was willing and able to perform an abortion. I am forever grateful that I was able to terminate that pregnancy, and go on to receive treatment for my cancer. In the years to come, we became parents to three wonderful, healthy children who are now responsible and productive young people. I can't imagine my life without them, and this again, I have my doctors to thank for. In the years since, I have been very hesitant to share my story with others, as I've found people to be very judgmental about this subject. All I can say, is that each person should have the right to make their own decision regarding their own body. The idea that fanatics can impose their own views on everyone else cannot be allowed to stand. I would no more impose my beliefs on the way others choose to live, than I would presume to tell others where to worship, or what to believe. In our country we must be vigilant to preserve the rights we've fought so hard to gain. I am thankful that people like Dr. Tiller had the courage and compassion to continue to offer his services to those in need in spite of the harrassment and threats to his daily life. I am saddened that he, in the end, paid for the courage of his convictions, with his life. To those we knew him, I offer my profound condolences, and the promise that I will try to show some small portion of that courage by sharing my story in an attempt to educate others as to the vital role such physicians play in our free society.

Dr Tiller's commitment to doing the right thing is so inspiring yet so heartbreaking. He did not back down despite the constant harrassment and threats he endured for so many years. His family must be very special to be able to tolerate all they went through. His death is a tremendous loss to us all. My prayers to his family.

My deepest condolences to Dr. Tiller's family and friends.

Dr. Tiller was a hero. He gave up the lucrative, safe, possibly glamorous life of a dermatologist and took over his father's legacy of providing women with the care they needed.

He lived a life with restrictions for fear of being killed. He did what many would not do - risk death to protect women from resorting to deadly measures.

The world has lost a man who has saved the lives of many women.

Let those who have benefited from his service speak up.

and let those of us who cannot serve as well as he did, take action: -
- donate to a prochoice organization
- and work to have stronger government surveillance of radical anti-choice stalkers. Operation Rescue (OR) knew the murderer and gave him regular updates on Dr. Tiller's court dates. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/256/story/69361.html
Did OR bother to report this person keeping tabs on Dr. Tiller to the FBI?

Sophia Yen MD MPH

I was fortunate enough to never need Dr. Tiller's services but it was always comforting to know that he and people like him were out there. I honor and respect him for the choices he made and for the service he rendered which allowed women to choose. He will be missed.

My letter in the New York Times Today, June 3

To the Editor:

The killing of Dr. George R. Tiller is not dissonant to the broader American culture. It was a very American murder, very reflective of national policy where torture is seen as a strategic necessity and the bullet as the final arbiter.

Because he was faithful to the law that gives women the right to choose abortion for problem pregnancies, he, his family and his medical staff were for years tortured, even bombed, and then he was murdered. We have more to mourn than the death of this brave man.

Daniel C. Maguire
Milwaukee, June 1, 2009

The writer is a professor of moral theology at Marquette University.

My sympathies go out to Dr. Tiller's family, clinic staff, and community. We have lost a true hero and ardent supporter of women's rights and reproductive health. My hope is that this tragedy does not persuade current abortion providers to stop providing these much needed services.
Kim Kelly

Sadly, I never met Dr. Tiller. However, I knew alot about him from PRCH. I admired him greatly. I hope the knowledge of all the love and respect he had from people all over our nation will give some comfort to his family.

Irene N. Sills, MD
Syracuse, NY

I am but one of many physicians who has referred patients to Dr. Tiller for tthe unique care he was able to provide to our patients. I am here in Lexington, Kentucky and sent a patient to Dr. Tiller for a pregnancy termination at about 24 weeks. The infant had severe anomalies, but we were not able to provide termination here at our hospital. I was impressed with the care that was provided to her and athe follow-up letter that was sent to me. The evidence of compassionate care was evident in that letter. His services to women will be missed.
W. Lisle Dalton M.D.

I sent Dr. Tiller a patient from Virginia about 15 years ago. She was devastated to learn her fetus had a lethal congenital anomaly. She and Dr. Tiller were trapped by operation rescue and spent days in the hotel across the street from the clinic. Dr. Tiller's kindness and professionalism in the face of fierce adversity was a memorable part of her experience.
I was so grateful to have someone to turn to for my patient in need.

He remains my hero.

Kris Kennedy, MD, FACOG

I'd never heard about Dr. Tiller until his death, but I knew that abortions were extremely difficult to obtain in the U.S.'s vast midsection.

I hold the highest respect for Dr. Tiller and others like him who bravely continue their work.

As I read your comments, I'm scared by the need for so many people to write anonymously. We have all been terrorized, haven't we, by hypocritical people who want to kill us?

Decades ago, when France was considering liberalizing abortion, women assembled carrying signs saying "J'ai avorte" -- I have aborted -- whether they had, in fact, had abortions or not.
If all the women who've had abortions were to identify themselves (this is only theoretical), the so-called pro-life community would be shocked to recognize so many of them -- their mothers, sisters, friends, in-laws, employees, their congressmen's wives or even their congresswoman, church members, Republicans, and people who walk by them every day on the street. They have no perspective on the needs for and frequency of abortions, legal or illegal.

L. Atwood
Oakland CA

I practiced Obstetrics and Gynecology in St. Louis Missouri for twenty five years. In 1971 when abortion became legal I would fly to N.Y. with some of my patients to provide care at Park East. After Roe we provided services in St. Louis. The midwest became a hotbed for protestors from many different organizations. We received death threats from the "Army of God', the office was frequently vandalized, we were harrassed at airports , followed around the city, and had our children and office staff threated. It was a heavy burden. I met Dr. Tiller at many medical meetings and at a question and answer session one time I asked " How do you avoid burnout?" He said " just think of the profound changes you make in your patients lives". I never looked back. Every day is a new challenge . He will be missed.
Martin J. Roitman D.O.

I am absolutely furious about this murder and think the perpetrator should be treated as a terrorist, a premeditated murderer with the maximum sentence allowable. The right to abortion is still the law. Dr. Tiller was a brave and noble doctor.

I am sad and hurt by his murder. He was so brave. My best wishes to his family and friends.

I was very disheartened that the news media covered the story about Dr. Tiller's murder without any insight into the range of healthcare services he provided women including those faced with the heartbreaking choice of terminating their late-term pregnancy due to severe fetal anomalies and cases where there would be irreparable harm to the mother. I was helped by Dr. Tiller and am deeply mourning his loss.

Ironically it is very near the June anniversary of my loss in 1997--I was very excited to go to my OB for my 26-week ultrasound (beginning of 3rd trimester and home stretch of the pregnancy) but something was very wrong--the baby was measuring at 18 weeks and my OB sent me to a major hospital where they held a team late to conduct a high resolution ultrasound. The confirmed diagnosis was the most severe form of osteogenisis imperfecta (brittle bone disease) and my poor little one had broken bones throughout his body and was severely underdeveloped. I was told my baby was "incompatible with life" and if I went through labor and delivery, I would most likely kill my baby as he passed through the birth canal.

I felt the most loving and humane informed choice I could make for my baby was to end his suffering; every move I made I was worried I was hurting him. My OB arranged for me and my husband to fly to Kansas to Dr. Tiller's clinic. We felt like fugitives having to leave our own state and could only use a certain travel agent, hotel, and cab service because of the pro-lifers stalking Dr. Tiller's patients. We had to pass through protestors on our way into the clinic who were yelling at me that I had a choice. I wanted my baby, and I wanted him to live--that would have been my choice, but that is not the situation I was in.

We could not have been treated with more dignity, compassion, love, respect, caring, etc. by Dr. Tiller and his staff. He was by my side the whole week and took personal responsibility for every step through the process. Before we left Kansas at the end of the week, as part of the healing process he showed me my angel boy and why he wouldn't have been able to live on this earth. I held my baby and remember his perfect tiny little feet and his mop of black hair.

The other couple there that week had a baby with 1/2 a brain--incompatible with life. Dr. Tiller told us of a 9 year old girl whom he'd recently helped--she had been molested and impregnated by her father and if she had carried the baby to term her body as well as her psyche would be destroyed. There are countless other heart-wrenching stories that support there is a true medical need for the services that Dr Tiller provided. I am aching for those couples who flew to Kansas this Sunday after making a very difficult choice.....where do they go now? Who would want to take on Dr. Tiller's work and put themselves and their families at life risk? Dr. Tiller had to take extraordinary measures for his safety as well as that of staffers and patients, and anyone associated with Dr. Tiller (including their families, friends, and even businesses in the community that served them) were targets of unbelievable harassment by supposed "godly" pro-lifers. Bill O'Reilley targeted Dr Tiller for the last few years calling him "Tiller the Baby Killer." What would Bill say if he had a daughter in such a difficult predicament?

Dr. Tiller kept doing the work he was doing because he was such an advocate for women and their health and well-being. He was a brave hero and it's a huge loss to this world. He was also a husband, father of four and grandfather who was ruthlessly murdered. The press and pro-life people will dismiss the killer as acting independently, but many of them are cheering the fact that Dr. Tiller is dead, and the majority of people in the US would not even think of supporting late-term abortion. I am hoping by sharing stories like mine, a greater education and understanding of the need to maintain women's rights to choose as well as there being a true medical need for those grey areas of choice including late term abortions is critical. Dr. Tiller's death cannot be in vain.

I have had two abortions, though they were not in Kansas. I have been fortunate never to need a late term procedure. Through my volunteering in pre- and post-abortion support, I have learned that Dr. Tiller gave comfort to many women and families, and that there are many others who might have turned to him if only they new about his practice.

It is a shame that a person's true worth and the extent of their service isn't valued until something horrible like this happens.

I am truly sorry for your loss.

My heart goes out to Dr. Tiller's family and friends. He was a brave and courageous man. It's so tragic that many Americans who profess to love life and Jesus have no respect for either.

My deepest sympathies to family, friends and patients.

His passing is a loss to the world. One patient describes his impact on her and her family members here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&add...

I never heard of Dr. Tiller before today, but I'm shocked and saddened by his death. He was a true hero. My heart goes out to his family and friends.

We must take a bold stand and not let the murder of this man simply fade away. We must be brave and "come out." How many others have been maimed or murdered?
From my own experience, members of my immediate family have made this choice, also a friend who was raped, also a Catholic woman already taking care of two children alone, also another woman who was "so high I didn't know what I was doing, also a woman who had sex one time, and used a condom.
For myself, having had made the choice over 30 years ago, and grateful I had the choice, in recent weeks I could no longer keep the past to myself. With President Obama's speech at Notre Dame people (Pro-Lifers) became bellicose. I was appalled hearing "Christian" members of the church I attended spew hatred and ignorance towards women (and men) who have made this choice. Unknowingly they were calling me the "baby killer" and someone who "Killed a child." And not just any child, my own child.
I began to voice my stand that I was Pro-Choice.
"Oh, it doesn't matter what God thinks, it only matters what YOU think," a Sunday School teacher sneered at me.
"You're the one who spread your legs, weren't you?" my neighbor lady demanded.
Yeah, I did. I was married at the time. Isn't that what married people do?
I left the guy; he died prematurely from his addictions. He rarely worked. My family had disowned me so I had no support system. I had to support myself and going on welfare was not an option for me.
I never had any guilt or regret. Not once.
The poor women who make the choice late in their pregnancy are faced with a child who will suffer severe disabilities and a terrible quality of life. That does not include the financial and social aspects. A lifetime of suffering for a lot of people. Is that "life?"
One can read "Unspoken Loss, The Experience of "Therapeutic" and Late-term Abortion's by Krista Jacob from the web site www.aheartbreakingchoice.com if it is still available.
For me, I searched for a church with people who would not judge. I found a Episcopalian Church where LGTBQ people attend. Just like them, I have been scorned and hated.
I disclosed my decision to leave my current church to my Mother. I also disclosed why. She angrily claimed, "You took the life of a child!"
Needless to say, my relationship with my Mother is strained. There is not much to say to someone who thinks you killed a kid in cold blood. At this point in my life, heading towards 60, the respect I have for myself prevents me from any further contact. Too bad, but I have been here before in my family.
Let's come together and let the world know we are here, we made the choice, and we were grateful to have had the choice to make.
My next stop is at the White House Web site.

As someone who received an abortion and had to deal with clinic protestors after having been a clinic defender herself, this really hits home. Someone who cares about the woman herself and believes that she can decide for herself the course of her life, who wants her to be healthy & well, who shows kindness instead of judgement...well, that's an everyday hero to me.
Rest in Peace - there will be many donations and volunteers to spring up form this moment. I hope it also makes people choose to speak about their own abortion experiences, to de-stigmatize and improve our society as a whole.

It is with great sadness that i hear of this murder. Dr. Tiller was a mentor and friend while i trained in Wichita. He was a generous man, kind of heart and tender of word. He was a champion for women, for choice, and for students. He was always encouraging, supportive, and honest

this murder cannot be acceptable in the United States

Let this act of violence further galvanize those who stand for choice.

jack westfall

The news today that George Tiller was shot and killed at his church shocked and grieved me. My prayers will be for his family during these difficult days. George is in a better place.

George was a wonderful kind man that gave much to his patients and colleagues. His shoes will be excedingly difficult to fill. He will be greatly missed.

I am very sad to hear the news. I was his patent in 2002. His clinic offered possibly everything we could think about to help his patents to heal and restart their life. If he was not there for us, my husband I would not have a life like we are having now. I wish I could tell him how much we thank to him. He was more than just a abortion provider. He was a true leader and a warrior.

Having briefly met George Tiller at the Rashbaum awards ceremony in 2007, I can honestly say he was one of the nicest, gentlest men I've ever met. That night was a memorable one: seeing abortion providers honor his service and courage was truly touching. They considered him a hero, not only for themselves personally but for reproductive medicine and women around the country- and the world. He will truly be missed by everyone who knew and worked with him, but also by the thousands of women whom he served and fought for who now have nowhere to turn.

Thank you, Dr. Tiller. We'll keep fighting for you.

Danielle- a former PRCHer

I never had the privilege of knowing Dr. Tiller, but we did share a common patient. Now 20 years old, this patient told me how Dr. Tiller had saved her life, by providing her an abortion at age 13. Hers is only one of the many lives saved by Dr. Tiller's selfless and honorable work.

I light a candle today in honor of him, of our patient, and as a symbol of my commitment to preserve safe and legal abortion care for all women, to preserve Dr. Tiller's legacy.

-Robin

I never met Dr. Tiller personally but did work at Aware Woman Center for Choice in Melbourne, FL for many years. Colleagues have met him and their comments about him and his philosophy for serving women were inspirational. Dr. Tiller's untimely death is an unimaginably great loss for women and it is a very dark day for us all. THIS ACT OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM MUST BE PROSECUTED AS SUCH. For Women's Lives, Lee Kirkpatrick

Dr. Tiller will be greatly missed. He was an unabashed advocate for reproductive freedom and an inspiration to generations of abortion providers. Through his death he will inspire future generations to continue to uphold and protect a woman's right to choose. Thank you, Dr. Tiller, for your wonderful work. You will be greatly missed.
- Molly