Published 15 June 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b2437
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b2437
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Clinic of murdered Kansas abortion doctor will not reopen
Janice Hopkins Tanne
1 New York
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The family of George Tiller, the murdered Kansas doctor who provided late abortions, have said that they will not reopen his clinic in Wichita.
Now only two doctors in the United States and a small number of hospitals, which do not want their names mentioned, treat US women who need late abortions, usually after 21 weeks, for fetal abnormalities or their own severe health problems.
Dr Tiller, aged 67, who operated Women’s Health Care Services, was shot to death on 31 May (BMJ 2009; 338:b2237, doi:10.1136/bmj.b2237). He was serving as an usher at his Reformed Lutheran Church in Wichita while his wife was in the choir in another part of the building.
Police arrested an antiabortion activist, Scott Roeder, and charged him with Dr Tiller’s murder and with two counts of aggravated assault for menacing other church members with his gun.
The federal Department of Justice began
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