George Richard Tiller (1941-2009)
Description
George Richard Tiller, a doctor who performed abortions in Wichita, Kansas, was shot to death on 31 May 2009 by Scott Roeder. As the director of one of only a small number of clinics in the US that performed legal late-term abortions, Tiller was a target for anti-abortion activists. Though Tiller lived and worked in Kansas, his work agitated anti-abortion groups and fueled the controversy surrounding abortion at a national level. Tiller's life and death fueled the abortion debate in the US.
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
2012-07-16
Agent
- Author (aut): Zhang, Mark
- Editor (edt): Crowe, Stephanie
- Publisher (pbl): Arizona State University. School of Life Sciences. Center for Biology and Society. Embryo Project Encyclopedia.
- Publisher (pbl): Arizona Board of Regents