If for no other than THIS idiotic reasoning;
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Roeder told reporters that he plans to argue at trial that he was justified in shooting the late-term abortion provider at the doctorr's Wichita church, "Because of the fact pre-born children's lives were in imminent danger this was the action I chose...I want to make sure that the focus is, of course, obviously on the pre-born children and the necessity to defend them."
OK, the problem here is that THIS is about as much of a defense as a woman who kills her allegedly abusive husband or boyfriend while the guy is asleep.
That’s a guaranteed conviction because the killing is in no way linked to an imminent threat or danger.
In the woman’s case, she simply could have left the scene. Her actions were unjustified because there were other less draconian options available.
In Roeder’s case, he’s making a rationale that, at best would be justified within the confines of Dr. Tiller’s operating room, where a late-term abortion was about to be performed, it does NOT justify confronting the Doctor in Church! In fact, it wouldn't justify it in the first instance either, as late-term abortion is legal in Kansas.
What Dr. Tiller did, providing late term abortions, was almost certainly despicable and it’s also true that over 2/3s of Americans oppose late-term abortion, but in
It IS, however, very much against the law to gun down a physician in a Church, at his home, or anywhere else.
Scott Roeder is an embarrassment to the cause he claims to represent and in the end, he’s as much a murderer, as the doctor he claimed was a wanton killer.
