This post will not change the opinions of those who glorify the death of Dr. George Tiller; however, I feel I must belatedly cover the untimely death of America's most controversial abortion practitioner.
For over 30 years, Dr. Tiller was the target of ridicule, antagonism, and harassment from anti-abortion activists. And although I would never respond in this manner to a doctor who practices abortions, I cannot say I condemn the activists for doing so. I do fervently believe it is nearly impossible to change a person's stance on such a hot-button issue, yet people are and should be able to demonstrate, so long as they are following the law.
It is precisely this reason I find Tiller's death so tragic. Tiller was, in all regards, a law-abiding citizen. Kansas law permits late term abortion, but no state permits murder.
Furthermore, Tiller's murderer is a religious zealot. How any religious individual could justify murder is truly mind-boggling. Murder, no matter for what "greater good" said murder is intended to serve, is still murder. This sort of morality-put-on-a-scale is not based on Christian doctrine.
If this enigmatic mentality does not sound familiar, it should. It is exactly how the terrorists, more particularly suicide bombers, justify killing themselves and others. The Qur'an denounces taking any human life, which suicide inarguably is. Yet Islamic extremist terrorists rationalize suicide by believing the immorality of their deaths is outweighed by the greater good they serve by killing others.
While I cannot even begin to suggest alternatives for terrorists, I do have a suggestion for anti-abortion activists. What anti-abortion activists should be doing is working with the legislature, not accosting doctors who have every legal right to perform the procedures and whose minds are already made up on the morality of abortion.
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