In 37 Minutes, Scott Roeder Found Guilty Of Abortion Doctor Murder

Scott Roeder, who had freely admitted killing prominent Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller has been found guilty, after only 37 minutes of jury deliberation. He said he killed Tiller to protect unborn children.

The jury found Scott Roeder, 51, guilty of premeditated, first-degree murder. He now faces a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 25 years.

Roeder testified during the trial that he shot Dr. George Tiller in the head on May 31, 2009 because he believed Tiller posed an "immediate danger" to unborn children. The shooting took place at Tiller's Wichita, KS church.

Earlier, Scott Roeder's attorneys had tried to get him a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter. However, the judge ruled that the jury could not consider such a verdict.

In her closing arguments, prosecutor Ann Swengel said, "His testimony was delivered very matter-of-factly, but its contents were chillingly horrific. He carried out a planned assassination, and there can be no other verdict in this case, other than guilty."

eBay Refuses Auction to Benefit Abortion Doctor Slayer

Online auction house eBay has refused to run a "benefit auction" that was being organized to gather funds for Scott Roeder, the man accused of killing abortion doctor George Tiller in Wichita, Kansas, earlier this year. The announcement came the same day that Tiller’s family begged eBay to halt the auction.

Lee Thompson, an attorney for the Tiller family, in a letter sent to eBay on Tuesday and approved by Tiller’s widow, Jeanne Tiller, said:

“These materials contain hate messages, glorify violence against abortion doctors who provide constitutionally protected medical services, and instruct on means of violence, including bombing, of abortion clinics. We urge you to deny access to the resources of eBay for this reprehensible and vile ‘auction.’"

The auction was intended to raise money for the defense of Scott Roeder. He is charged with first-degree murder in abortion doctor George Tiller's death and is scheduled to go on trial in January.

Items being auctioned would have included an Army of God manual, a prison cookbook compiled by a Shelley Shannon, the Oregon woman who shot and wounded Tiller in 1993 and was later convicted in a series of abortion clinic arsons and bombings, and several autographed drawings submitted by Roeder.

One of those drawings was of David and Goliath that depicted David holding the head of Goliath and the name “Tiller” on Goliath’s forehead, with the words "child-murdering industry" written on the corpse.

According to the Kansas City Star, eBay said:

“Based on the details we know about the anticipated listings, we believe these would violate our policy regarding offensive material. EBay will not permit the items in question to be posted to the eBay site, and they will be removed if they are posted.”

Supporters of Roeder plan alternative methods of fund-raising, and claim eBay is violating their civil rights.

Woman Mistakenly Implanted With Other Couple's Embyro Gives Birth

An Ohio woman, Carolyn Savage, 40, who was implanted with the wrong embryo, and her husband Sean, have given birth to a “healthy baby boy” and given him up to his biological parents, her family said in a statement.

The Savages offered their “heartfelt congratulations” to Paul and Shannon Morell, the the boy’s biological parents. The child was delivered at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio on Thursday.

It is unclear how the mix-up occurred, but two months after her pregnancy, the Savages were informed that Carolyn had been given three embryos that belonged to the Morells. Worse, the other three embryos that belonged to the Morells were misplaced, so they had no other chance that the baby that Carolyn Savage carried.

Frequently, in such cases, the pregnancy will be aborted, but in this case, Carolyn Savage fell back on her Catholic upbrining and decided to carry the baby to term, despite the obvious difficulties and discomforts faced with carrying any baby to term.

The Savages already have three children. They resorted to in vitro fertilization after reproductive problems and a series of miscarriages. The Morells had twin girls and now, a new baby boy.