Word: treshman
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Within two hours of the Gunn murder, Don Treshman, the national director of Rescue America, based in Houston, was heralding the shooting in a press release that solicited donations for Griffin's family. "While we think that Gunn's death is unfortunate, the fact is that a number of mothers would have been put at risk today and over a dozen babies would have died at his hands," wrote Treshman, a former metal salesman who now devotes all his time to organizing clinic protests...
Nearly 2,000 miles away in Houston, over a plate of barbecued sausage and ribs, Treshman sounds like a sports analyst when he sizes up the Romalis shooting. "From a standpoint of tactics, it would be far better to get away, throwing fear in the hearts of others because you are still out there," he says, insisting all the while that he does not advocate violence...
...News, has written that abortion providers should be stoned to death: "With each blow . . . by the grace of God, he may confess his sins and be saved before expiring." Even some who claim to oppose justifiable homicide are notably shy about condemning the actions of Paul Hill. Says Don Treshman, president of Rescue America: "We regretted the passing of ((Dr. Britton's)) life just like a Jew in 1943 Poland who just heard Dr. Josef Mengele and his bodyguard were shot down in Auschwitz that morning...
...sure to see more of these incidents. This shooting, while unfortunate, will result in babies' lives being saved." -- DON TRESHMAN, FOUNDER OF RESCUE AMERICA, ON THE SHOOTING OF AN ABORTION DOCTOR IN WICHITA, KANSAS...
...blockades issued unequivocal condemnations. "To shoot and kill a human being in the name of saving human life is grotesque," said the Rev. Richard D. Land, who heads the Christian Life Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. But more militant outfits played rhetorical games, dancing around the crime. Don Treshman, national director of Houston-based Rescue America -- which had mounted protests at Gunn's home -- called the doctor's death "unfortunate." Then he added, with a logic long familiar among extortionists: "This will have a chilling effect on this business...