Three years ago today, abortion provider Dr. George Tiller was shot dead
while attending church in Wichita, Kansas. Reproductive healthcare
providers remain the target of violence amid a wave of new legislation
curtailing access to safe abortions. Last week, two clinics in Georgia
and a women’s organization in New Orleans were set ablaze. Today, the
House of Representatives votes on the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act to
ban abortions based on the sex of a fetus. Bills are also in the works
to ban abortions 20 weeks after fertilization in Louisiana and
Washington, D.C. We speak with Vicki Saporta of the National Abortion
Federation and abortion provider Dr. Willie Parker. "It’s in [Dr.
Tiller’s] spirit that I seek to maintain that level of commitment to
women in their care," Parker says. Addressing the latest wave of
attacks against reproductive healthcare, Saporta comments: "There’s an
unprecedented number of bills being enacted in the states to limit
women’s access to abortion care. And it’s part of an overall agenda
that’s very well articulated by those who oppose abortion: if they can’t
make abortion illegal again in this country, they intend to make it
inaccessible for women."
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Source: Democracy Now!
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