WICHITA (Kansas) -
The shooting occurred just two weeks after President Barack Obama sought 'common ground' over the divisive abortion debate in a controversial speech at one of the top Catholic universities in the United States.
The president has attempted to defuse one of the most emotive issues in US public life by arguing that while abortion should remain legal, the government should do all it can to limit unwanted pregnancies.
But President Obama has angered the anti-abortion movement by reversing predecessor George W. Bush's restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research and for family-planning groups that carry out or facilitate abortions overseas.
President Obama's choice for health secretary, former Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius, has been widely condemned by the anti-abortion movement because of her ties to Dr Tiller.
Dr Tiller, one of the few doctors who still performs late-term abortions in the United States, has been demonised by abortion opponents who regularly protested outside his clinic.
In 1986, someone placed a bomb on the roof of the clinic, seriously damaging the building. In 1993, Dr Tiller was shot in both arms outside the clinic. Dr Tiller recovered, and his assailant received an 11-year prison term.
Late-term abortions are legal in Kansas if two independent physicians agree that the mother could suffer irreparable harm by giving birth. -- AFP
what a messy world..
in singapore, you have mad people pouring acid at MP..
welcome to human world