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To: DMaA who wrote (307883)	5/31/2009 3:21:55 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793685

US abortion doctor is shot dead George Tiller had survived an attempt on his life 16 years ago A prominent US abortion doctor has been shot dead at his church in Wichita, Kansas, city officials say. Sixty-seven year-old George Tiller was killed just after 1000 (1500 GMT) at the Reformation Lutheran Church. Dr Tiller - one of the few US doctors who performed late-term abortions - had been demonised by some in the anti-abortion movement. His clinic had often been the site of demonstrations, and he was shot and wounded by an assailant 16 years ago. Police and city officials are quoted as saying Dr Tiller was shot in the lobby of the church. They say the attacker, a white man, then fled in a car. Dr Tiller was shot in the lobby of the church, reports say The shooting comes two weeks after President Barack Obama made a major speech on abortion at one of the main Catholic universities in the US. Correspondents say the president is attempting to defuse the abortion issue - a highly emotive subject in US public life - by arguing that while it should remain legal, the government should do all it can to limit the number of unwanted pregnancies. But members of the anti-abortion movement have been angered by the president's reversal of restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research and for family-planning groups which carry out or facilitate abortions outside the US. Dr Tiller's killing, however, was swiftly denounced by anti-abortionists. "We denounce vigilantism and the cowardly act that took place this morning," anti-abortion group Operation Rescue said on its website. news.bbc.co.uk