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Feds to Probe Murder of Abortion Doc

Suspect may have broken 1994 law regulating clinic access

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 5, 2009 4:16 PM CDT

(Newser) – Federal investigators have opened a probe into the murder of abortion provider George Tiller, the AP reports. The Justice Department’s civil rights division will decide if Scott Roeder violated a federal law imposing criminal penalties for harmful conduct against abortion providers and patients. In...   Read full story »

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