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I attended a candlelight vigil for Dr. Tiller in Northampton on Wednesday night. We had almost two hundred people of all ages and both genders. I spent several minutes chatting with a man who remembered the days thirty years ago when fully a third of the beds in maternity wards were occupied by women with infections, perforated uteri, septic shock, and hysterectomies caused by illegal abortions. A lot of those women died, and a lot more were left sterile thanks to the surgeries needed to save those lives.
Dr. Tiller helped those in desperate straits. Now he's gone because of a fanatic. I wonder how many women will die, how many men will be widowed, and how many children will be left motherless because he isn't around anymore?
Dr. Tiller helped those in desperate straits. Now he's gone because of a fanatic. I wonder how many women will die, how many men will be widowed, and how many children will be left motherless because he isn't around anymore?
