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Late-term: The legacy of George Tiller

When I walk out the door of my office, I expect to get assassinated.” So says Dr. Warren Hern in a new documentary, “After Tiller,” that screens in Denver Wednesday.

Boulder abortion provider deplores decision to close Tiller’s Kansas clinic

One of the last remaining providers of very late abortions in the country said it was an "outrage" the murder of Dr. George Tiller last week has led to his family's decision to close the clinic he ran in Wichita, Kan.

Boulder abortion provider calls on Obama to stand up against violence

One of the last remaining third-trimester abortion providers in the country wants President Barack Obama to do more than express shock and outrage at the killing Sunday of late-term abortion doctor George Tiller in Wichita, Kan.

U.S. Marshals step up security for Boulder late-term abortion doctor

Federal marshals are protecting a Boulder abortion clinic and the doctor who runs it, a Boulder police spokeswoman said Monday afternoon. The increased security was in place a day after Dr. George Tiller, who ran a similar clinic providing late-term abortions, was gunned down at a church Sunday morning in Wichita, Kan. Boulder physician Warren Hern, among a handful of doctor in the country to provide very late-term abortions, said Sunday he has been targeted by the anti-abortion movement for years. His Boulder Abortion Clinic has specialized in late-term abortions since its founding in 1975. "I'm next on the list," Hern said.

Attorney general directs U.S. marshals to protect abortion clinics, providers

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder dispatched the U.S. Marshals Service to protect "appropriate people and facilities around the nation" in the wake of the...

Late-term abortion doctor decries Tiller killing: ‘This is a fascist movement’

Hours after the Sunday morning shooting death of late-term abortion doctor George Tiller in Wichita, Kan., a Boulder physician -- who says he could be the only doctor in the world still performing the procedure -- said Tiller's assassination was the "absolutely inevitable consequence" of decades of anti-abortion fanaticism. "I'm profoundly sad and I'm furious and I think the American people need to understand that we have a fascist movement in this country," Dr. Warren Hern told The Colorado Independent on Sunday. "We don't have to invade Iraq to find terrorists. They're right here killing abortion doctors."