We Didn't Kill George Tiller

(CBS)  This column was written by Randall A. Terry.

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Abortionist George Tiller is dead.

I grieve for him that he did not have an opportunity to properly prepare his soul to face his Maker. Unless some miracle happened, he left this life with his hands drenched with the innocent blood of tens of thousands of babies that he murdered. Surely there will be a dreadful accounting for what he has done.

It now falls to pro-life leaders like myself to stand strong and unflinching in the face of the unjust criticism we will now endure because of his killing. And so I turn my attention to the attacks that will follow his death.

We must use this as a "teaching moment;" a chance for "dialogue" with our fellow Americans concerning this terrific holocaust of the unborn.

George Tiller was a mass murderer. He routinely killed innocent children who were "viable." For the unlearned, that means that they could live outside the womb on their own. He specialized in killing "handicapped" children whose parents decided that they were not fit to live. He even offered photographs of the dead children and baptisms for the victims that fell under his knife.

According to God's laws, and the laws that govern how we protect the innocent in times of peace, George Tiller was one of the most evil men on the planet; every bit as vile as the Nazi war criminals who were hunted down, tried, and sentenced after they participated in the "legal" murder of the Jews that fell into their hands.

I write all of these words with surgical precision to shore up the more timid elements of the pro-life movement. Pro-life leaders are already falling over themselves to exclaim, "We are peaceful! We deplore this violence!"

Of course we are peaceful; that is why this horrific shooting in a church has immediately garnered national attention. It is precisely because we are peaceful that Dr. Tiller's killing sticks out like a huge wart on an otherwise flawless complexion. If abortionists were gunned down every week, it would gather no more attention than crack dealers who are gunned down every week.

For those surprised by my words, let me tell you exactly why I am using such clear and unflinching rhetoric.

Here is what is about to happen: The arch proponents of child killing such as Planned Parenthood, the National Organization of Women, NARAL, and a host of other enemies of children are going to blame the pro-life movement for Dr. Tiller's death.

These child killers, and their allies in the Obama administration and on Capitol Hill, will attempt to browbeat the pro-life movement into surrendering our most effective weapons in this battle: our rhetoric, our actions, and our images.

Concerning rhetoric, they will blame those of us who call abortion "murder" and say that it is this highly charged rhetoric that inspires people to "take the law into their own hands."

Concerning actions, they will say that our protests and vigils and sit-ins are responsible for the shooting.

Concerning images, they will whine that the pictures of babies murdered at the hands of Tiller and other abortionists incite people to acts of violence.

All of these accusations are lies.

Beyond that, these foolish accusations fly in the face of equally radical rhetoric, images, and images in the civil rights movement, the suffragette movement, and the abolitionist movement. If Dr. Martin Luther King had followed the advice of the timid in his day, President Obama would still be riding in the back of the bus.

This column was written by Randall A. Terry, the founder of Operation Rescue..

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[lady_katie25]

I am amazed at all those who are outraged by the murder of George Tiller but have no regard whatsoever for all those he murdered. I don't condone murder, even that of George Tiller. But I won't miss him either. And neither will someone who will be born, that otherwise might not have been, if George was still around. History is filled with people who have made enormous contributions to society, science, the medical field... this list goes on, and they wouldn't have graced us with those gifts had abortion been legal when they were conceived. I wonder how many lives Tiller took that had the potential for doing something great for the world. The bottom line... with so many couples wanting to adopt a child, there is no reason for senseless abortions.

[hatmaker510]

My response to: "Abortion harms women. Talk to anyone you know who has had one and you will see the pain on their face. It is a horrible thing and leaves many women emotionally scarred and some unable to conceive."

Are you serious? According to your words ("anyone who has had one, many women"), every single woman who has had an abortion is in PAIN?? That simply isn't true. You either know very few women who have had an abortion or you're simply making this up to suit your own agenda. Of all the woman I know who have terminated a pregnancy (yes, myself included) , none of them/us have suffered ANY ill effects. We all evaluated the situation and made our decision comfortably and without reservation. I do not regret my decision, never have. This does not mean that any of us made that decision lightly. I will say, however, that a small minority of women may regret their decision. But to make such a broad sweeping statement that is based on nothing is just so wrong and completely unproductive. Now do you understand why some pro-choice people make generalizations about the anti-choice movement??

[yoyoinla]

FUNNY HOW THE LEFTISTS EQUATE AN ANTI-ABORTION VIEW AS "PRO-DOMESTIC TERROR."

THE LEFT CAN'T WIN THE ARGUEMENT SO IT STARTS THROWING ROCKS!
Posted by kristianinal

I haven't read in the 12 pages of script here, that anti-abortion view, in itself, was "pro-domestic terror". Have your ANTI-CHOICE views. But condoning the killing of someone who doesn't agree with your "views"...that is domestic terror. I'm a little surprised you haven't understood that. You have been posting all through these threads.

By the way...there is no WIN to this argument. There are differeing opinions, and there always will be.

Hiker56, well said. Thank you. It bears repeating "Stop calling these groups 'Pro-life"!!!!
It's a false image they are trying to portray especially when they feed domestic terrorism like this. They are 'anti-choice', nothing more."

[bytheway59]

not a single word in the article offered any condolences to Dr. Tiller's widow and family, nor that the shooting occurred in a church or condemnation of the murder. Therefore terry randal seems to condone the muder by his lack of condeming it. How very unfortunate that terry is unable to see through his own hate, my God help him to be more human.

[elz523]

"Concerning rhetoric, they will blame those of us who call abortion ?murder? and say that it is this highly charged rhetoric that inspires people to ?take the law into their own hands.?

Concerning actions, they will say that our protests and vigils and sit-ins are responsible for the shooting. "

No one is saying that your protests and vigils are responsible for this. They are saying that your rhetoric of comparing Tiller with Nazi's is what caused this and they are very likely more right than wrong. It still took a right wing nut to pull the trigger, but your inflamed and hypocritical rhetoric got him moving.

[lostwolf1]

Randall Terry out protecting the children. By the way, how is your first wife and the children you abandoned in 1999?

[superdem1]

Why does anyone listen to Randall Terry ? He is insane, living in a world of afterlives where some extraterrestrial emporer sits in judgement of human souls. Why did this all powerful god of his allow children with no brains to be conceived ? Why did he allow women who were pregnant to contract cancer, making pregnancy a death sentence ? We live in the real world, where science allows us to make rational, if painful, choices. We are not leaves in some holy wind. If I were a woman, and found myself pregnant with a child I didn't want, I'd get an abortion in a hearbeat, and never think twice about it. It would be no more significant than having a strange mole removed. I care about MY life, and I protect it. All mammals reproduce internally, it's no miracle.

[maddog0802]

another indication of the far-right crazies who have hijacked the Republican party. Inciting people to be terrorists and murderers is wrong and should be punished. These people are evil and hateful and deserve to be marginalized, to the racist and ignorant Southern regional party they have become.

[hiker056]

Stop calling these groups 'Pro-life"!!!!
It's a false image they are trying to portray especially when they feed domestic terrorism like this.
They are 'anti-choice', nothing more.

[ozilot]

This is a terrorist act pure and simply and is no different than an attack by the taliban or Al Qaeda!