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WICHITA, Kan. — One of the nation's few late-term abortion providers was acquitted Friday of misdemeanor charges stemming from procedures he performed, but moments after the verdict the state's medical board announced it was investigating allegations against him that are nearly identical to those the jury had rejected.

Prosecutors had alleged that Dr. George Tiller had in 2003 gotten second opinions from a doctor who was essentially an employee of his, not independent as state law requires, but a jury took only about an hour to find him not guilty of all 19 counts.

Tiller, who could have faced a year in jail for even one conviction, stared straight ahead as the verdicts were read, with one of his attorneys patting his shoulder after the decision on the final count was declared. His wife, seated across the courtroom, fought back tears and nodded. The couple declined to speak to reporters afterward.

"You would hope it would be over," said Tiller attorney Dan Monnat, "but there is a group of people who want to suppress the constitutional rights of women."

Tiller, 67, has claimed that the prosecution was politically motivated. An attorney general who opposed abortion rights began the investigation into Tiller's clinic more than four years ago, but both his successor, who filed the criminal charges, and the current attorney general support abortion rights.

it appears that he did not do illegal abortions for money

Tiller's acquittal really means nothing...I mean O.J. was acquitted. The man aborted around 60,000 babies & made millions of dollars doing it. Even if it every bit of it was legal, which is questionable, I don't know how he slept at night. I think some of the charges against him were his claims that some of the abortions he performed were for girls who claimed they were raped, but everyone involved refused to provide authorities with the name of their rapist. Some of the girls were underage, so there were potential statutory rape charges.

This is video of a woman who utilized Tillers' services when she was 14:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMC_70oYV8U



This is O'Reilly on Tiller's death:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5hTk_XIe8A

Honey...... They don't CARE! That is the infuriating point! GRRRR And if you dare bring up the welfare point...well that is asking too much. They just want these kids starving in America....as long as they are born. Hell, we could end up impoverished like some parts of India and it would be OK because the kids were born. They are miserable, living in squalor, starving, ill, but hey, they are alive.

i agree abortion shouldn't be used as a means of birth control

but do you ever stop to think that people may be in a situation where abortion is their only choice?

also most of these women probably had no where turn like shelters etc. FYI: i was one of those people.

yes i regret having it done & i have to live with it for the rest of my life

does that make me a bad & evil person? i think not

also i asked for forgiveness & i got rewarded with a beautiful baby boy who just turned 9 months.

if my daughter would come home pregnant we would talk about the options but that would be up to her. i will still love & support her whatever she decides