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{{Infobox person
|name              = George Tiller
|image             = George Tiller cropped.jpg
|caption           = 
|birth_name        = George Richard Tiller
|birth_date        = {{birth date|1941|8|8}}
|birth_place       = [[Wichita, Kansas]], [[United States|US]]
|death_date        = {{death date and age|2009|5|31|1941|8|8}}
|death_place       = Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
|death_cause       = Homicide
|known_for         = [[Pro-choice]] advocacy
|education         = [[University of Kansas]] (zoology, 1963)<br/>University of Kansas School of Medicine (1967)<br/>[[Internship]], [[United States Navy]]
|prizes            = 
|relations         = Jeanne Elizabeth (Guenther) Tiller, widow<br/>Dean Jackson "Jack" Tiller, MD, father (1916–1970)
| module = {{infobox scientist|embed=yes
|fields        = [[Family medicine]]
|research_field    = 
|work_institutions = [[Owner-operator]] of Women's Health Care – Wichita, Kansas (1975–2009)
}}
}}
'''George Richard Tiller''', [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] (August 8, 1941 &ndash; May 31, 2009)<ref>{{cite news |title=George Tiller shot to death at Wichita church |work=Kansas City Star|date=May 31, 2009 }}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] physician. He was from [[Wichita, Kansas]]. He became well-known as the [[medical director]] of Women's Health Care Services, one of only three clinics nationwide to provide [[late-term abortions]] at the time.<ref name="clinic">Stumpe, Joe. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/us/28abortion.html?_r=1&ref=us "Jurors Acquit Kansas Doctor in a Late-Term Abortion Case"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 27, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2009.</ref>

During his tenure with the center, which began in 1975 and continued the medical practice of his father, Tiller was targeted with protest and violence by [[United States pro-life movement|anti-abortion]] groups and individuals. After his clinic was [[firebombing|firebombed]] in 1986, Tiller was shot in both arms by anti-abortion extremist [[Shelley Shannon]] in 1993.

On May 31, 2009, Tiller was fatally shot in the side of the head by anti-abortion extremist [[Scott Roeder]], as Tiller served as an [[church usher|usher]] during the Sunday morning service at his church in Wichita.<ref>{{cite magazine | first = Karen | last = Tumulty | title = George Tiller Murdered | url = http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/05/31/george-tiller-murdered/ | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date = May 31, 2009 | access-date = June 1, 2009 | quote = [...]specialist in late-term [abortion] procedures
}}</ref> Roeder was convicted of murder on January 29, 2010, and sentenced to life imprisonment.

==References==
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==Other websites==
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* [http://www.drtiller.com/ George R. Tiller M.D. Memorial Fund]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [https://www.pbs.org/now/shows/524/index.html ''Are Some Anti-Abortion Attacks Domestic Terrorism?''] NOW on PBS Piece aired following Dr. Tiller's death
* [http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2009/06/george_tiller_speaks.php "George Tiller speaks about the history of violence against him and his medical practice,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612031309/http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2009/06/george_tiller_speaks.php |date=2009-06-12 }} Kansas City ''The Pitch''
* [http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/1/dr_george_tiller_1941_2009_murdered "Remembered for Lifelong Dedication to Women's Reproductive Health"] Five women (two of them doctors) who worked with Dr. Tiller; ''[[Democracy Now!]]'', June 1, 2009 (video, audio, and print transcript)
* [http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/abortion/kansas-roeder60209murder.html Criminal Complaint (Kansas v. Roeder)] [[FindLaw]], June 2, 2009
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/opinion/l03abortion.html?ref=opinion Letters of condolence sent to the editors of ''The New York Times'']


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