George Tiller

George Richard Tiller (August 8, 1941 – May 31, 2009) was an American physician from Wichita, Kansas. He gained national attention as the medical director of Women's Health Care Services, which, at the time, was one of only three abortion clinics nationwide that provided late-term abortions.On May 31, 2009, Tiller was fatally shot in the side of the head by Scott Roeder, an anti-abortion terrorist, while Tiller served as an usher during the Sunday morning service at his church in Wichita. Roeder was convicted of murder on January 29, 2010, and sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole until after 50 years. In November 2016, Roeder's sentence was lowered to 25 years imprisonment following a resentencing hearing. Tiller's family supported the sentencing being lowered.