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Author Singular, Stephen.

Title The Wichita divide : the murder of Dr. George Tiller and the battle over abortion / Stephen Singular.

Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.1523 SINGULAR    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  364.1523 SINGULAR    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.46 SI64    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  364.1523 SI    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 357 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary "On May 31, 2009, Scott Roeder walked into a Wichita church, drew a pistol, and shot Dr. George Tiller at point blank range. Tiller, who was the most public practitioner of late-term abortions in America, had been a lightning rod for controversy, regularly referred to in the conservative media as "Tiller, the Baby Killer." Tiller's death was not an isolated act of violence, but a pivotal, public murder in a war that has been raging for decades. It's a war of violently opposing ideologies, encompassing abortion, but also questions of privacy, sexuality, and religion. It's being fought in our nation's courtrooms, at school and churches, on television sets, at our dinner tables, and in our bedrooms. And more and more, the key battlegrounds are in Kansas, once home to Brown vs. Board of Education and some of the bloodiest conflicts of the Civil War. This is a gripping look at a cold-blooded terrorist action, two men representing opposite ideological extremes, and the region where those violent forces clash"--Provided by publisher.
Subject Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Tiller, George, 1941-2009.
Physicians -- Kansas -- Wichita.
Murder victims -- Kansas -- Wichita.
Roeder, Scott.
Pro-life movement -- United States -- Case studies.
Pro-choice movement -- United States -- Case studies.
ISBN 9780312625054 hardback $26.99
0312625057 hardback
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