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| George Tiller was the most maniacal child killer in U.S. history |
George Tiller was the most maniacal
child killer in U.S. history, and it is testimony to his deeds (he was
the king of partial-birth abortion) that there are only four “doctors”
left in the entire nation who are able to do what he did for a living
(three of whom worked with him). “After Tiller” is their story. But it
is also our story: these people unwittingly validate the pro-life
position.
Goodman discusses how these abortionists
are faced with “dilemmas” and “agonizing” decisions. Dr. Shelley Sella
uses the term “baby” to speak of the unborn children she readily
discards, and director Shane mentions how these women go on “grieving
the loss of their child.” Best of all is Dr. Susan Robinson who recounts
what she tells her patients:
“Look, of course you don’t want an
abortion. Nobody wants an abortion. You have three choices: You can have
a kid that you say you can’t take good care of; you can have a kid and
give it to somebody else, who you know or don’t know; or you can have an
abortion, which you think is the wrong thing to do. Those are your
three choices. They all suck.”
Robinson is to be commended for her
brutal honesty, though she failed to note that the child wouldn’t weigh
all three choices equally. She also needs to explain why “nobody wants
an abortion.” Why not? Why is it that none of her patients really want
to undergo the surgery she is happy to perform? What makes her patients
so different from the patients of, say, back surgeons?
“After Tiller” tries to put a human face
on an inhuman practice, and it fails. Here’s the proof: the film never
shows the patients’ faces, though permission was granted.
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