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...while he pursues his own legislative agenda." One thing Yeltsin can't afford to do, says Kohan, is lay low. "There's a real perception here that Yeltsin has been letting the country drift. He really has to show the public that there's a firm hand on the tiller...
Five months later, an Oregon housewife named Shelley Shannon shot and wounded Dr. George Tiller outside a Wichita, Kansas, abortion clinic. Evidence seized after Shannon's arrest linked her to arsons at clinics in four other states. It also hinted at the existence of a clandestine network. Police found correspondence with two men who were imprisoned for abortion-related violence buried in Shannon's backyard. Also unearthed was a manual for attacking abortion facilities, published by something called the Army...
...clinic is purchasing an intercom so that the security guard posted outside can relay messages without having to open the front door. The Choices Women's Medical Center in New York City, which is already patrolled by armed guards, made plans to install a metal detector. Even Dr. George Tiller of Wichita, Kansas, who has practiced under the tightest security since he was shot by Rachelle Shannon in 1993, felt a new level of anxiety. "The turning point in our profession occurred last week," he said, "when innocent bystanders, as it were, were slaughtered...
After deliberating for only about an hour, a Kansas jury convicted fervent antiabortion activist Rachelle Shannon of attempting to murder Dr. George Tiller last summer. Shannon admitted shooting the doctor and testified that she also considered bombing his Wichita abortion clinic...
...second time this year an antiabortion protester has shot a doctor who performs abortions. Rachelle Renae Shannon, 37, of Grants Pass, Oregon, is accused of wounding Dr. George Tiller in both arms outside his Wichita, Kansas, clinic. Shannon is in custody, but Tiller was back at work the next...