On May 31, 2009, Scott Roeder walked into a Wichita church and shot Dr. George Tiller at point blank range. Tiller, who was the most public practitioner of late-term abortions in America, had been a lightning rod for controversy, regularly referred to in the conservative media as "Tiller, the Baby Killer. "Tiller's death was not an isolated act of violence, but a pivotal, public murder in a war that's been raging for decades. It's a war of violently opposing ideologies, encompassing abortion, but also questions of privacy, personal freedom, sexuality, and religion. It's being fought in our nation's Congress and courtrooms, at school and churches, on television sets, at our dinner tables, and in our bedrooms. And more and more, the key battlegrounds are in Kansas, once home to Brown vs. Board of Education and some of the bloodiest conflicts of the Civil War. This is a gripping look at a cold-blooded murder, at two men and two families trapped inside this war, and at the roots of America's deepening cultural and political divide.
- ISBN10 1250029619
- ISBN13 9781250029614
- Publish Date 21 August 2012
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint St. Martin's Griffin
- Format eBook
- Pages 368
- Language English