Dr. George Tiller was an abortion doctor in Wichita, Kansas and one of the few in the country that performed abortions late in pregnancy. In 2009, Dr. Tiller was shot to death at his church by a pro-life extremist. Four years later, Dr. Cheryl Chastine, a doctor from Chicago, Illinois, would be the new abortion doctor in a remodeled version of Dr. Tiller's former clinic. As soon as the pro-life activists heard about this, Dr. Chastine quickly became one of their main targets. Picketing her Illinois practice (which by the way did not offer abortions), sending letters to her building tenants, and also sending letters to her personal home address were just a few of the events that Dr. Chastine has had to overcome. The Pro-Life Action League, a Chicago-area group, expressed that they were only trying to “sit down and have a talk” with Dr. Chastine.Ann Scheidler, part of the Pro-Life Action League, said, “I would tell her all of that medical training has to be good for something other than killing babies” when asked what she would say to an abortion doctor if she got the chance. Today, Dr. Chastine only uses these “loud bullies”, as she calls them, as motivation to keep helping out the women of Kansas. She won’t let them stop her from offering her medical skills.
I believe Obama said it best. “However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence”, said Obama, issuing a statement after Dr. Tiller’s death. Our different views over issues should not get this out of hand. Bombings and shootings? Groups to be able to speak your opinion in and be involved in to be able to make a difference should not be abused and become groups to eliminate the “enemy”.
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