The young couple flew into Wichita bearing, in the lovely swell of the wife's belly, a burden of grief. They came from a religious tradition where large families are celebrated, and they wanted this baby, and it was very late in her pregnancy. But the doctors recommended abortion. They said that with her complications, there were only two men skilled enough to pull it off. One was George Tiller, a Wichita doctor who specialized in late abortions.They arrived in Wichita on Sunday, May 31. As they drove to their hotel, a Holiday Inn just two blocks from the Reformation Lutheran Church, they saw television cameras. They wondered what was going on, a passing curiosity quickly forgotten.< strong class="quote">But when they got to their room, the phone was ringing. Her father was on the line. "There was some doctor who was shot who does abortions," he said.They turned on CNN. Dr. Tiller had just been killed, shot in the head as he passed out church leaflets. In their shock, they mixed up the clinic and the church:We were supposed to be there. What if it had happened while we were there? What if he couldn't complete the procedure?Now there is only one doctor left.
Abortion doctor Warren Hern
Since the murder of George Tiller, he's the last doctor in America to specialize in late term abortions.