In response to the article, “Suspect admits killing abortion provider,” we finally get a glimpse of what went through Scott Roeder’s mind when he chose to kill Dr. George Tiller back in May while he attended church in Kansas. Aside from the complexity of this issue as a whole, it perplexes me to think that he believes killing this man was, as he said, “justified.” I am certainly not in favor of abortion at all, but as I sit in church and think of this tragedy, and as locals bring back the memory of Amherst doctor Barnett Slepian, it is quite unsettling.

One local pastor brought up a very good point in a sermon a few weeks back: “This man does not seem to be so much pro-life, but that of pro-birth.”

Let that stew for a minute and you will slowly realize if Roeder did care for life, he would have cared for the life of the man he killed. And still, how is murder justifiable in any way regardless of the subject at hand? I think never.

Brian Becker

Orchard Park