Death of Dr. George Tiller “incalculable loss”

Statement from Sharon Camp, Guttmacher Institute president and CEO

The Guttmacher Institute joins the reproductive health community in expressing our shock and sadness at the murder of Dr. George Tiller, a Kansas physician who dedicated his life to providing abortion care to women in need—including later-term abortions to women in the most difficult of circumstances. Dr. Tiller did so despite decades of harassment, vandalism, threats and violent attacks by antiabortion activists.

The number of U.S. abortion providers has been declining for many years; as a result, a growing number of women have difficulty obtaining abortion services in a timely manner. The overwhelming majority of abortion providers offer services in the first trimester, when nearly 90% of abortions occur. But at later gestations—when abortions due to fetal anomalies and threats to a woman’s health or life are more common—only 2% of all abortion providers offer the procedure, leaving women in need of later term abortions with very few safe, legal options.

The death of Dr. Tiller is a senseless tragedy. Dr. Tiller risked his life on a daily basis to ensure that women had access to safe, legal reproductive health services. For the women he helped over the years, as well as those who will now have nowhere else to turn, this is an incalculable loss.

“Murderer Tiller” stirs activist passion

While the most visible “pro-life” organizations have publicly denounced yesterday’s murder of Dr. George Tiller, the tragedy has unleashed a torrent of eye-for-an-eye comments on blogs that is chilling.

Columbia Christians for Life issued the following press release. Feel free to contact the organization’s director, Steve Lefemine, whose information is included at the end.

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May 31, 2009

Today a mass murderer was killed by another murderer. George Tiller should have been brought to justice a long time ago, tried for his many crimes of murder, and upon a verdict of guilty for his thousands of counts of murder, executed for his crimes. However, the use of force of arms in the manner employed today by Tiller’s murderer, cannot be justified. It must be condemned.

America has failed to ESTABLISH JUSTICE in law for pre-birth human beings for over 36 years, and so Murderer Tiller was never arrested for the charge of murder, and, through due process of law, tried, sentenced, and executed for his thousands of capital crimes.

If a State/US Congress would statutorily establish legal personhood at fertilization without exceptions, JUSTICE (not just Regulation) would be ESTABLISHED, and the Murder of 3,000 Children Per Day in the Wombs of the Mothers in that State/America would END.

America has become a nation of bloodshed. In over 36 years, over 50 Million children have been murdered in America by surgical abortion alone, let alone probably multiple times that number by chemical abortion, including birth control pills, which are both contraceptive and abortifacient. 

Today America continues to murder over 1 Million children every year, over 3,000 PER DAY by surgical abortion. The land is polluted with innocent blood (Genesis 4:10, Numbers 35:33, Proverbs 6:16,17, 2 Kings 24:1-4) and God is bringing His Divine Judgement upon America.

Part of that Divine Judgement is the oppressive creeping socialism, fascism and marxism of the Obama administration (Psalm 106:37-44). It will not be surprising if the Obama administration uses this incident to unleash a backlash upon pro-lifers. We have already seen how CFR-member Janet Napolitano’s Homeland Security Dept. tried to paint all of us who oppose the murder of innocent children in the womb as right-wing extremists.

The Bible records that God said to the wicked people of Israel in Hosea’s day:

“Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.” Hosea 4:1, KJB

Or, bloodshed follows bloodshed. The bloodshed in the womb for over 36 years has been followed by bloodshed on our streets, in homes, in workplaces, in schools, and in churches. America has become a nation of bloodshed.

And again, God spoke through the prophet Ezekiel:

“Therefore, as I live, saith the LORD GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.” Ezekiel 35:6, KJB

America has not hated the bloodshed of pre-birth innocent human beings, and so as a Divine Judgement, bloodshed is pursuing us.

Over 140 years ago, over 620,000 Americans died in the War Between Americans. God judged America for her national sin of American slavery. Today God is judging America for the national sin of child-murder-by-abortion. 9-11, the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Katrina, the Illegal Immigrant Invasion, and the Financial and Economic Crisis are all manifestations of this ongoing and increasing Divine Judgement. More and greater Divine Judgement is coming upon America for the national sin of child-murder-by-abortion unless we repent.

The response of Christians in America to today’s murder of mass murderer George Tiller should be to fall on our faces before Godand ask God’s forgiveness for our CORPORATE BLOODGUILT (e.g., Deut. 21:1-9) and for failing to love and obey God enough to love our unborn neighbors as we love ourselves more than we have for decades. It is the shedding of innocent blood of 3,000 children a day that is bringing God’s Wrath upon America. The wicked, pro-abortion, pro-sodomite, pro-NWO Obama Presidency and Adminstration is an instrument in God’s Hand to bring upon that Judgement, just as Nebuchadnezzar was an instrument of God’s Judgement upon Judah in 605 BC (2 Kings 24:1-4) and the years following, until Judah’s utter destruction in 586 BC.

When Christians have truly repented, will we not see numbers of Christians on their faces outside the 700+ death camps in America, crying out to God for mercy upon our land to stop the killing ???

I pray so.

When Christians have truly repented, will we not see more Christians demanding their legislators pass Personhood legislation to ESTABLISH JUSTICE for the pre-born to END ABORTION, and not just perennially find new ways to REGULATE MURDER (parental consent, informed consent, clinic regulation, 24 hour wait, ultrasound bills, ad nauseam…) ???

I pray so. 

When Christians love our unborn neighbors as we love ourselves, the American Holocaust will end.

2 Chronicles 7:14 – God’s remedy for America to be healed is for we who are CHRISTIANS to REPENT !

“If My people [Christians], which are called by My Name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My Face, and turn from their wicked ways [sins of commission and omission]; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land [America, or any nation].”  2 Chronicles 7:14, KJB

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Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
PO Box 50358, Columbia, SC
(803) 794-6273
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
www.LefemineForLife.net