A hero on trial
Re “Abortion doctor’s trial to start,” March 15
The Times’ article on the upcoming trial of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller certainly conveyed the animosity that abortion opponents feel toward his work, but I am not sure it captured fully the degree to which abortion-rights supporters, such as myself, hold him in esteem.
To many progressive Americans, George Tiller is a genuine hero who ranks alongside Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King Jr. in the pantheon of defenders of human liberty.
Although one need not agree with this assessment of Tiller, the intensity of this brave man’s support among his admirers should not be underestimated.
Jacob M. Appel
New York
The author teaches bioethics at New York University.
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