Dr. Tiller is No Hero

Dr. George Tiller is NOT a hero.

I do not care if you are pro-death or an anti-choicer… (left extreme and right extreme names for the opposite side of the fence) you don’t call a man who was still being investigated by the State medical board for suspicion of performing third trimester abortions illegally and unethically "a hero" just because he is murdered.

The murder is wrong, and the criminal justice system will hopefully charge and convict the shooter for his actions – but when there is doubt that the some of the procedures performed may have been illegal and for sake of convenience ONLY it is not only bias agenda of the media to call Tiller a "hero", but it also questions the media’s right to label anything as controversial as abortion – without placing that label in the "EDITORIAL" comment section with a disclaimer that this is the view of the author!

The New York Times labeling Dr. George Tiller a hero is WRONG.

You might call him a doctor who helped you out of a bad situation, a doctor who allowed you the ability to not face the trauma of knowing your child will not survive birth or watching a child die after 7 minutes or you might call him a doctor that helped you not face the reality you would have to be a single mom forever.

But NOT a hero.

Here is the definition of a HERO:
1. a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.

2. a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal: He was a local hero when he saved the drowning child.

Tiller’s abortions were scrutinized and questioned by former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline. Kline called in Dr. Paul McHugh is a Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who found it was indeed true that Tiller was performing late term abortions for "trivial" reasons. Additionally, questions were raised as to whether employees of Tiller and Planned Parenthood were told by Dr. Tiller to falsify a fetus’s gestational age if it bordered 2nd trimester.

August 3, 2007 Dr. Tiller was charged with 19 counts of illegal late term abortions. He was tried and he was acquitted but the State board was still investigating Dr. Tiller at the time of his death.

After Dr. Tiller’s MURDER (it was indeed a murder which I do not at all condone) blogger Jodi Jacobson wrote a blog article on www.rhrealitycheck.org where she repeatedly refers to "right wing extremists" that painted Dr. Tiller in the wrong light and at close offers links to donate to the "George Tiller Memorial Abortion Fund" c/o the "National Network of Abortion Funds" or "The Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project on the name of Dr. George Tiller."

Now let’s be clear – there may indeed have been cases and in all likelihood there were, where Dr. Tiller performed a late term abortion to prevent the death of the mother. However, there is strong evidence that there were also cases performed for convenience and what the LEFT wing refuses to accept is that in these cases, doctors SHOULD be held accountable and arrested for criminal and unlawful acts.

Jacobson’s blog says nothing of the charges brought against Tiller, only that he was a victim of "irresponsible journalistic hacks like Bill O'ReillyBill O'Reilly" and more referring to Chris MatthewsChris Matthews and Will Saletan. What the Left Wing movement never accepts is that there is a line… and they cannot have the law work in their favor one day and denounce it the next. They cannot advocate for the Human rights of prisoners of war and for illegal aliens, but not for the rights of babies who are VERY CAPABLE of survival outside the womb - as a CHOICE.

Painting Tiller as a hero to "choice" when he is being investigated by the State Medical Board for breaking the law and performing barbaric procedures for reasons NOT legal – is an example of irresponsible journalism.

Late term abortion is a brutal and horrific procedure: http://www.priestsforlife.org/partialbirth.html#showit

and it should NEVER be allowed based on convenience. EVER.

We may never know the amount of later term D & X procedures Dr. Tiller did for the sake of convenience…but we will hear many stories of instances where he saved the mother and I am sure their gratitude will be great.

However, although purely speculative, it is indeed possible he was not always up front in his procedures as evidenced in testimonies and review of his medical files.

His relationship and contritutions to Democratic Gov. Kathleen SebeliusKathleen Sebelius should also be investigated as she vetoed a bill setting minimum health and safety standards for abortion clinics, and many other anti-abortion legislation placed before her after her election.

That said… NO ONE should be calling this man a HERO especially – the media.

**Author's note:
Kathleen Sebelius is now Secretary of Health and Human Services under the Obama administration.