Who's the criminal?

by: Jay Stevens

Fri Jun 05, 2009 at 13:57:14 PM MST

...Dr. Warren Hern leaves no window uncovered.

Full-length blinds shroud the bulletproof entryway; in his office, vinyl shades block a small window.

This is one of the facts of Hern's life -- no windows, ever. That was how Dr. Barnett Slepian's killer shot him in upstate New York, through a kitchen window. Slepian, like Hern, performed abortions.

"I can't sit in front of an open window. The shades have to be drawn," Hern said.

After Slepian's shooting in 1998, Hern predicted another would follow. "Will I get to live out my life?" he asked in a newspaper column in 2001. ". . . Who's next?"

And this is the comment from the local pro-life movement:

Bob Enyart, spokesman for Colorado Right to Life, which has demonstrated against Hern for decades, said that although his group doesn't condone Tiller's slaying, abortion providers should expect that violence begets violence.

"If a Mafia hit man gets killed, people recognize it's an occupational hazard," he said.

Remember, abortion is a legal and often necessary medical procedure. Scott Roeder, member of Operation Rescue, with links to the Army of God, murdered a man on the steps of his church. You tell me which person here resembles a hit man. You tell me which groups are using violence to intimidate its political opponents.

Meanwhile, Roeder himself is shocked - shocked! - that he's being treated "like a criminal" by Kansas officials. I guess he expected the pro-life's version of forty virgins or something...