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| US abortion doctor is shot dead | US abortion doctor is shot dead |
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| Prominent abortion doctor George Tiller has been shot dead at his church in Wichita, Kansas, city officials say. | Prominent abortion doctor George Tiller has been shot dead at his church in Wichita, Kansas, city officials say. |
| The 67-year-old doctor was killed just after 1000 local time (1500 GMT) on Sunday morning at the Reformation Lutheran Church. | The 67-year-old doctor was killed just after 1000 local time (1500 GMT) on Sunday morning at the Reformation Lutheran Church. |
| Dr Tiller one of the few US doctors who perform late-term abortions, had been demonised by some abortion opponents. | |
| His clinic has often been the site of demonstrations, and he was shot and wounded by an assailant 16 years ago. | His clinic has often been the site of demonstrations, and he was shot and wounded by an assailant 16 years ago. |
| The shooting happened on Sunday morning | |
| Police and city officials are quoted as saying Dr Tiller was shot in the lobby of the church. | Police and city officials are quoted as saying Dr Tiller was shot in the lobby of the church. |
| They say the attacker, a white man, then fled in a car. | They say the attacker, a white man, then fled in a car. |
| The shooting comes two weeks after President Barack Obama made a major speech on abortion at one of the main Catholic universities in the US. | The shooting comes two weeks after President Barack Obama made a major speech on abortion at one of the main Catholic universities in the US. |
| Correspondents say the president is attempting to defuse the abortion issue - a highly emotive subject in US public life - by arguing that while it should remain legal, the government should do all it can to limit the number of unwanted pregnancies. | Correspondents say the president is attempting to defuse the abortion issue - a highly emotive subject in US public life - by arguing that while it should remain legal, the government should do all it can to limit the number of unwanted pregnancies. |
| But members of the anti-abortion movement have been angered by the president's reversal of restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research and for family-planning groups which carry out or facilitate abortions outside the US. | But members of the anti-abortion movement have been angered by the president's reversal of restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research and for family-planning groups which carry out or facilitate abortions outside the US. |