Forced birthers cancel protest at Tiller's clinic today

[proud2BlibKansan]

Anti-abortion vigils moved from closed Kansas clinic

More than 40 abortion rights supporters kept watch Saturday at the Kansas clinic run by slain abortion provider George Tiller, thwarting plans for a memorial service there by the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue.

Abortion opponents had planned an afternoon gathering and prayer vigil at Tiller's former clinic, one of the few in the nation where third-trimester abortions were available.

Tiller was gunned down May 31 at his church. Murder and aggravated assault charges were filed against Scott Roeder, 51, of Kansas City, Mo.

In a move intended to avoid a confrontation with activists from the National Organization for Women, about 30 abortion opponents instead held their event at Operation Rescue's own national headquarters, the site of a closed Wichita abortion clinic the group bought in 2006.

"Our original intent was to prevent them from doing their proverbial dance on a murdered man's grave," said Marla Patrick, state coordinator for NOW. "The fact they changed plans tells me we were successful."

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[liberalmuse]

1. WTF is a "forced birther"?

Jesus, I'm not sure if I want to even Google this. It sounds like yet another bit of nonsense from the right.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. It's a bad term -

well-intentioned, as soon many bad things are - like the road to Hell - but it means the ant-choice crowd.

The people who don't hold with the legal right of a woman to decide what she wants to do with her body.

The people who kill if others won't cooperate with them and work to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Does that help?

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. I like it. I found it on the net right after Tiller was assassinated.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. Well pro-life doesn't fit since they are assassins

And anti-choice isn't quite descriptive enough.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

2. All those "death threats"

they got, the poor dears, probably scared them off.

I mean, no one wants to be murdered for doing something that's legal, do they?

Hmmmmmm?

:sarcasm:

[surrealAmerican]

3. Good job, NOW.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Amen

I am pretty proud of them this evening.

[cornermouse]

8. Takes a lot of gall and spite

to even think of something like holding a vigil at a murder site that, as far as I'm concerned, they were partly responsible for. Someone, somewhere else, said something about aiming a water canon at them. Everything considered, I thought a water canon sounded logical.

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. LOL good idea

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Gee, Operation Rescue had to abort their own vigil? How weird is that?

Loonies.

[JBoy]

11. Luckily, protests begin at conception, so it still counts as one.

[greenbriar]

12. they also "prayed" at the air port since many women flew here to get abortions...

http://www.kansas.com/news/breaking/story/861184.html





their logic is so twisted