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The head of a pro-life group in Wichita said his group is interested in buying the clinic of slain late-term abortion provider George Tiller and turning it into a place that honors life rather than one that takes life away.

Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue, which is operating at the former site of an abortion clinic it purchased and closed, said he has brought up the idea of purchasing Tiller's clinic with a few board members but nothing has been confirmed.

He said that the group might turn the Women’s Health Care Services clinic – the site of Tiller's operations for decades – into a memorial museum for babies. The activist group has long tried to shut down the Wichita clinic. more >>

The Kansas-based abortion clinic of the late George Tiller will be "permanently closed," effective immediately, his family announced Tuesday.

In a statement released by their attorney, family members of the late-term abortion doctor said they will be "ceasing operation of the clinic and any involvement by family members in any other similar clinic."

Tiller had run the Women's Health Care Services clinic in Wichita from 1975 until last week, when he was shot and killed during a Sunday service at his Lutheran church. more >>

Opponents of abortion, fearful of a public backlash, have strongly denied any connections to the suspected killer of the nation’s most prominent abortion provider.

Pro-life news site, LifeNews.com, ran a headline that read, “George Tiller Shooting Suspect Caught, No Connection with Pro-Life Groups,” while Dr. Richard Land, a spokesperson for the conservative Southern Baptist Convention, denounced the killing of the abortion provider as “unbiblical, unchristian and un-American.”

Across America, pro-life groups scrambled to distance themselves from Scott Roeder, 51, a Kansas man suspected of killing late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller Sunday morning. more >>

The notorious late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller was killed inside his church Sunday morning.

He was shot by a gunman while serving as an usher at Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kan. Although Tiller had been the focus of many pro-life activists, they were quick to distance themselves from the killing and condemn it as a “cowardly” act of violence.

“We are shocked at this morning's disturbing news that Mr. Tiller was gunned down,” said Troy Newman, president of the Operation Rescue, on Sunday. “We denounce vigilantism and the cowardly act that took place this morning.” more >>

Late-term abortionist George Tiller was acquitted on 19 charges of illegal abortions.

A jury of three men and three women reached the not guilty verdict on Friday in less than an hour, disappointing pro-life groups that were closely watching the trial of one of the nation's few late-term abortion practitioners.

But the pro-lifers say the case will not have much impact on future cases challenging abortion. more >>