I am not sure if the news media will call the killing of Dr. George Tiller an act of terrorism or not. It is terrorism. He was medical director of an abortion clinic in Wichita KS. He was shot and killed at his church today. A few years ago he was shot in both arms.
I am no fan of abortions. I do not think many people are fans. I guess Dr. Tiller did “late term” abortions and those sort of abortions are even less popular.
The United States has defined terrorism under the Federal criminal code. 18 U.S.C. §2331 defines terrorism as:
…activities that involve violent… or life-threatening acts… that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State and… appear to be intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping…."
We should deal with this murder that committed this act of terrorism in the same hash terms as we deal with other people that commit terrorism.
Not having anything to do with this…but we need to try and reduce the number of abortions. We need sex education. We need to work with people to try and cut down on people having sex with out using good protection.
There is no excuse however for killing doctors or bombing clinics.
