Bioethicist Jacob M. Appel is obviously a big fan of late-term Kansas abortionist George Tiller who is on trial this week in Kansas. A verdict in the case is possible today.
In a letter to the Los Angeles Times, Appel writes,
The Times’ article on the upcoming trial of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller certainly conveyed the animosity that abortion opponents feel toward his work, but I am not sure it captured fully the degree to which abortion-rights supporters, such as myself, hold him in esteem.
To many progressive Americans, George Tiller is a genuine hero who ranks alongside Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King Jr. in the pantheon of defenders of human liberty.
Although one need not agree with this assessment of Tiller, the intensity of this brave man’s support among his admirers should not be underestimated.
Jacob M. Appel; New York
The author teaches bioethics at New York University.
Really? About abortion and the devastation it causes both men and women, Susan B. Anthony wrote,
Guilty? Yes. No matter what the motive, love of ease, or a desire to save from suffering the unborn innocent, the woman is awfully guilty who commits the deed. It will burden her conscience in life, it will burden her soul in death; But oh, thrice guilty is he who drove her to the desperation which impelled her to the crime!
The Revolution, 4(1):4 July 8, 1869
