He also varied his route between the clinic and his home, where he lived with his wife and four children. And in 1993, Dr. Tiller was shot in both arms by an anti-abortion extremist named Rachelle Shannon. Dr. Tiller also stayed strong while Bill O’Reilly, the erstwhile Fox News personality, went on a nationally broadcast campaign against him in the years before his murder. Mr. O’Reilly compared Dr. Tiller to Hitler, said he was “executing babies” and noted in 2006: “If I could get my hands on Tiller … Can’t be vigilantes. Since the 2016 election, abortion providers have reported a spike in incidents of vandalism, trespassing, harassment and picketing.

Source: New York Times May 25, 2019 18:55 UTC