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Abortion providers under siege. Is this the new face of domestic terrorism?
The murder of Dr. George Tiller has reignited the abortion
debate and raised the question: Should violence against medical
doctors who perform abortions be viewed and prosecuted as domestic
terrorism? NOW ON PBS senior correspondent Maria Hinojosa sits down
with two of the remaining handful of doctors who publicly
acknowledge performing late abortions, including Leroy Carhart, a
fellow doctor in Tiller's Wichita, Kansas clinic. Carhart discusses
his vow to carry on Tiller's mission and what it's like for him and
his family to live as "targets". The show also investigates claims
that law enforcement dropped the ball when it came to stopping
Tiller's alleged murderer, Scott Roeder.
Hinojosa travels to Colorado as well to talk with Dr. Warren
Hern, another late abortion provider who says he's been living
"under siege" for decades. Dr. Hern works behind several layers of
bulletproof windows and is now under round-the-clock federal
protection.
NOW goes into the eye of the abortion rights storm to see how
Tiller's killing and its ramifications are impacting doctors, free
speech and a civilized society.