With the murder of abortionist Dr. George Tiller there is predictably a great deal of uproar from all sides. Tiller, one of the nation’s few providers of late-term abortions, was killed Sunday at a church in Kansas where he was serving as an usher. It is interesting to note that there is a ‘church’ that believes it is appropriate to have in its congregation someone who, according to most religious people, murders children.

Tiller has been painted by the mainstream media as a martyr for ‘women’s rights’. ABC replayed a 1991 interview in which he insisted, “I have a right to go to work. What I am doing is legal. What I’m doing is moral. What I’m doing is ethical. And you’re not going to run me out of town.” He was correct about having a right to work and what he was doing was legal, but as far as being moral and ethical, that’s highly debatable and easily refuted where late-term abortions are concerned. As one author noted, there are approximately 60,000 unavailable for comment.

Regardless of how one feels about (late-term) abortion, the fact remains that abortion is legal and Tiller was murdered. This will certainly not help the pro-life side of the debate and will undermine its efforts, as pro-abortion groups and the media exploit Tiller’s death for their own agenda.

On Monday’s Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann blamed Bill O’Reilly for inciting the killer. I wonder if Olbermann will take responsibility should anything happen to the people he has railed against on his show?

MSNBC aired a live interview with Dr. Hern, a fellow abortionist and friend of Tiller, who compared the pro-life movement to Islamic terrorists. Hern said, “…the main difference between the American anti-abortion movement and the Taliban is about 8,000 miles.”

Roxana Hegeman of the Associated Press immediately perpetuated the myth that abortion clinic-related violence and violence against abortion doctors is a common event.  She said, “But the doctor’s violent death was the latest in a string of shootings and bombings over two decades directed against abortion clinics, doctors and staff.” This is nonsense. According to the National Abortion Federation (NAF) - a pro-abortion organization - violence has been decreasing. The pro-abortion NAF even refutes Hegeman’s assertions.

Additionally, liberal blogs have falsely portrayed pro-lifers as joyous, with one titled “Anti-Abortion Groups Celebrate the Murder of George Tiller.” I read every excerpt they offered, while critical of Tiller, none could be described as celebratory. Although I am sure there are some out there, they are in no way representative of the greater pro-life movement, which has automatically been put in a defensive position not of their choosing. But the liberal mainstream media will naturally hype this story for all it’s worth, and it’s far from over.