[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 87 (Thursday, June 10, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1069]
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   COMMEMORATING THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE MURDER OF DR. TILLER

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                           HON. MIKE QUIGLEY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 10, 2010

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the one-year 
anniversary of the murder of Dr. Tiller.
  Dr. Tiller was a respected physician who dedicated his life to 
providing women with safe access to abortion care, and who was shot and 
killed while attending his church in Kansas.
  Sadly, the experience of Dr. Tiller is not unique--since 1993, eight 
clinic workers have been murdered in the U.S.
  A physician in my district recently shared with me her own account of 
a scared 13-year-old who came into the clinic with her mother. The girl 
had been sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old and needed an abortion.
  The physician was able to help that young girl, but she confided her 
fear that someday she might not be able to aid young women who had no 
chance to prevent pregnancy.
  In the end, she said it's her patients who reconfirm her ``heartfelt 
desire to continue to provide.''
  As President Obama said, no one is pro-abortion, but when faced with 
such a gut-wrenching decision, a woman deserves to have a physician 
like Dr. Tiller to provide her with safe, quality care.

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