Charlotte Taft , operator of a clinic in Dallas, Tx, hugs George Tiller during a press conference outside his office which was damage by a bomb in 1986.
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George Tiller outside his clinic in 1992 after 4 people locked themselves to the entrance gates to the clinic.
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Richard Hernandez/ The Wichita Eagle
Pro-Life advocates were present to express their opinions while state representatives entered Dr. Tiller's offices for a "clinic experience" in 1997
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Paramedics lay George Tiller onto a stretcher after he was shot by Shelly Shannon in 1993.
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Pararmedics work on George Tiller after he was shot outside his East Wichita clinic in 1993.
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Shelley Shannon, second from left, who was convicted of shooting a Kansas abortion doctor, leaves federal court in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1994. Shannon, who pleaded innocent to 18 federal counts involving arson at eight clinics in Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and northern California, had her trial date postponed by U.S. District Judge James Redden after learning that her defense attorney and federal prosecutors had not completed their review of evidence.
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Shelley Shannon, from Grants Pass, Oregon, glances back at the spectator area of a Wichita court room Thursday morning. Shannon is on trial for the Aug. 93 shooting of Dr. George Tiller as he left his Wichita abortion clinic. Shannon is expected to take the stand Friday.
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Dr. George Tiller 1994
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Shelley Shannon listens in to her sentencing before Judge Greg Waller Tuesday. At right is her defender Jay Greeno. She was sentenced for her shooting and attempted murder of Dr. George Tiller. She is listening to District Attorney Nola Foulston asking for the maximum sentence alloweable (and then some). Shannon received about 10 years.
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Elaine Neeland, a right-to-life supporter, prays outside of Dr. George Tiller's abortion clinic Thursday, March 31, 2005 .
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Abortion protesters cheer as fellow protesters are taken to jail after twelve arrests at Womens Health Care Services, owned by Dr. George Tiller in June of 2004.
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Anna Wood prays the rosary as she paces in front of Dr. George Tiller's Women's Health Care Services Clinic in Wichita, Kan., on Thursday, June 28, 2007.
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Dr. George Tiller's clinic on south Bleckley.
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Dr. George Tiller speaks to a small group in a tent during a rally at Tillers clinic in Wichita, Kan., in a Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002.
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Representative Ruby Gilbert, D, Wichita, sits through a mock consultation with Dr. George Tiller at the Women's Health Care Services next door. Under the blanket in the foreground are photos of aborted fetuses Tiller uses to show patients what they can expect in 1997.
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A March 1994 file photo shows Paul Hill an anti-abortion activist holding a press confrence in Wichita, Ks. during the Shelley Shannon abortion shooting trial. Hill was arrested in connection with a double killing at an abortiion clinic in Pensacola, Fl. Hill had helped pay for part of Shannon's defense and spoke out supporting her, and her attempts to kill abortion doctor George Tiller.
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Ahandfull of protesters lined the streets outside of George Tiller's clinic early July 25, 2001. Tuesday marked the first day of protesting at the clinic without the aid of Operation Save America.
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Dr. George Tiller, of Wichita, Kan., speaks during a press conference in 1998 at his office about his view of the proposed legislation that would restrict late-term abortions in Kansas. Tiller, one of few physicians in the nation who performs late-term abortions, said the bill would effectively end the procedure at his office.
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Abortion opponents rest along a fence outside of Dr. George Tiller's Women's Health Clinic Thursday in 2001.
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Abortion protesters outside George Tiller's Women's Health Care Services in 1999.
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Dr. George Tiller talks to state legislators during a " clinic experience" at his Wichita facility in 1997
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Fr. William Witt of Youngstown, Oh., gets some assistance after collapsing across the during a pro-life parade .
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Operation Save America director Flip Benham yells at member of College Hill United Methodist Church in 2001, across the street from Dr. George Tiller's clinic.
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Dr. George TIller answers questions from defense attorney Dan Monnat after being called to the witness stand in Sedgwick County District Court in Wichita, Kan. Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2009.
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Attorney Lee Thompson, left, congratulates Dr. George TIller after bailiff Mary Mazur reads the jury's verdicts of not guilty in Sedgwick County District Court Friday, Mar. 27, 2009.
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Mike Hutmacher/ The Wichita Eagle
An unidentified anti-abortion protester passes by pro-choice supporters as the two groups demonstrate outside a Wichita, Kan. abortion clinic July 17, 2001. The clinic, operated by Dr. George Tiller, has been targeted by Operation Save America for a weeklong Summer of Mercy protest.
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Booking mug photo of George Tiller August 3, 2007.
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Wichita abortion provider Dr. George Tiller listens to testimony from former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline on Dec 11, 2008. in Sedgwick County District Court during a pre-trial hearing. Tiller's lawyers are requesting that 19 misdemeanor chargers against him be dismissed.
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Dr. George TIller, center, enters the courtroom Monday, Mar. 23, 2009, on the first day of his jury trial in Wichita, Kan.
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Dr. George TIller answers questions from defense attorney Dan Monnat after being called to the witness stand in Sedgwick County District Court in Wichita, Kan. Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2009.
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Wichita physician George Tiller listens to the testimony of former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline in Sedgwick County, Kan., District Court Monday, Nov. 17, 2008.
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Wichita physician George Tiller sported an "Attitude is Everything" button during his hearing in Sedgwick County, Kan., District Court Monday, Nov. 17, 2008.
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Abortions rights advocate Diane Wahto reads a statement in support of Dr. George Tiller outside Dr. George Tiller's Womens Health Care Services in Wichita, Kan. on the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008.
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Wichita physician George Tiller listens to the testimony of former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline in Sedgwick County, Kan., District Court Monday, Nov. 17, 2008.
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