June 1, 2009
Anti-Abortion Groups Condemn Tiller Murder, Assess Damage to Cause
by Jacqueline L. Salmon
The Washington Post
For the anti-abortion movement, the murder of abortion doctor George Tiller could be seen as big trouble. And anti-abortion groups know it.
Jim Hughes, president of Canada's Campaign Life Coalition and vice president of the International Right to Life, told LifeSiteNews.com last night that "this sort of violence [is] seriously damaging to the pro-life cause."
As soon as news broke that Tiller, one of the few doctors in the nation who provided late-term abortions, had been shot while serving as an usher in his Wichita, Kan. church, the statements of regret from anti-abortion groups about the killing started to roll in.
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said: "As Christians we pray and look toward the end of all violence and for the savings of souls, not the taking of human life." From Operation Rescue president Troy Newman: "We denounce vigilantism and the cowardly act that took place." Anti-abortion groups plan to gather in front of the Supreme Court this morning to discuss the impact of the killing on the anti-abortion movement and on the Supreme Court.
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