Justice for Dr. Tiller

I was going to write a long entry on the Scott Roeder conviction (the man who murdered physician Dr. George Tiller in cold blood, which I scribbled madly about some months back), but my brother said it all quite elegantly. I'll just link him here. I echo his sentiments wholly (we may have slightly differing views on late term abortion, but other than that, we agree). He writes:

Roeder was convicted of the murder of Dr. George Tiller, a late-term abortion provider in Wichita, Kansas. For the pro-choice movement, a man getting life in prison for killing an abortion doctor in the state of Kansas, a pretty conservative state at that, I would consider it a victory.

I agree that it is a victory. A victory for who, though? Certainly not Dr. Tiller, who is dead and gone. Certainly not his family, who is mourning a husband and father. Certainly not his patients, past or future, who will no longer receive the compassionate and excellent level of care he provided at the most difficult time in their life. It is a victory for choice, a narrow one, but a victory nonetheless. It means that violence against women or physicians making a private medical decision will not be tolerated in Kansas, or in any state. It means that wackjobs with guns can't just storm into a church (A CHURCH) and kill whoever they want based on "morality". A human life, one that already exists on the planet, must take precedence.

Needless to say, I am very relieved at the conviction. It's not often in this world I feel that justice has been done. In this case, I truly believe that it has.

RIP Dr. Tiller, and thank you for all you did. Although many (incorrectly) think of you as a murderer, I am certain that you saved more lives than you'll ever fully know.