Tiller Not Guilty – Religious Right wing-nuts lose again!

They have tried every legal and political trick their pointed narrow minds could conjure up and still, the anti-choice forces could not beat George Tiller, Wichita’s late term abortion provider.
From Wichita’s KAKE TV:

“Jurors found Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller not guilty on all 19 counts after deliberating for just over an hour. Tiller was on trial on 19 misdemeanor charges stemming from some abortions he performed at his Wichita clinic in 2003. He is accused of breaking a state law requiring that two Kansas physicians without legal or financial ties sign off on any late-term procedure.
Dr. Ann Kristin Neuhaus provided second opinions on late-term abortions before Tiller performed them. Prosecutors contend they had an illegal financial affiliation.
In closing arguments Friday, prosecutors pointed to Tiller's journal about a 1999 conversation between the doctors over Neuhaus' fee as the "smoking gun" in their case.
But the defense said Tiller was trying to comply with the law and relied on the suggestion of a state official when he contacted Neuhaus.”

Considering how much effort the religious right, including members of the Republican Party, have put into this, it has been a major victory for abortion rights proponents.