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Accused Killer of Abortion Doc Wrestles With Pro-Life Group

Operation Rescue denies donations

By Drew Nelles,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 26, 2009 5:50 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Kansas City man accused of gunning down an abortion provider is upset over his rocky relationship with a major pro-life group, the Kansas City Star reports. In a jailhouse interview, Scott Roeder said he has donated thousands of dollars to Operation Rescue—which denies the donations, denounces Roeder, and condemns the killing of Dr. George Tiller. "I haven’t been able to find him in the database,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman.

“We’ve worked 20 years in the pro-life movement to do things within the system,” said Newman. “It certainly doesn’t help us out when guys assassinate abortionists in their church." Roeder said he wrote Newman from jail: “I told him, ‘You better get your story straight because my lawyer said it’d be good for me to show that I was supporting a pro-life organization.'"

In this Tuesday, June 2, 2009  file photo, Scott Roeder makes his first court appearance via a video link from the Sedgwick County Jail  in Wichita, Kan.
In this Tuesday, June 2, 2009 file photo, Scott Roeder makes his first court appearance via a video link from the Sedgwick County Jail in Wichita, Kan.   (AP Photo/Jaime Oppenheimer, Pool, file)
This  Jan. 19, 2002 file photo shows Dr. George Tiller.
This Jan. 19, 2002 file photo shows Dr. George Tiller.   (AP Photo/Larry Smith, File)
This undated booking photo originally released Tuesday, June 2, 2009 by the Sedgwick County Jail shows Scott Roeder, who is suspected in the shooting death of abortion provider George Tiller.
This undated booking photo originally released Tuesday, June 2, 2009 by the Sedgwick County Jail shows Scott Roeder, who is suspected in the shooting death of abortion provider George Tiller.   (AP Photo/Sedgwick County Jail)
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SBS
Jul 27, 2009 12:53 PM CDT
I think what this guy is upset about is that he is not being hailed as some sort of hero by the anti-abortion side. He is a sick individual who thinks he sacrificed for the cause and is now being ignored if not rejected.
BlahBlahBlah
Jul 27, 2009 12:33 PM CDT
A bullet is a whole lot cheaper than a life sentence. Then again we should reserve ourselves to being above his level of savagery.
Fondue
Jul 27, 2009 12:18 PM CDT
How about a life time sentence and has to give Pro-Choice speeches.

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