Dr. George Tiller, a well known abortion provider in Kansas, was brutally murdered on Sunday.

His death is a tragedy, especially for a country that claims to abide by the rule of law. Prof. Robert George has an excellent, succinct commentary here.

This event has the potential to spiral out of control. The last thing we need is to politicize the abortion debate even more than it has been already. But I fear the President’s statement here will do just that. The pro-life community always advocates peaceful, non-violent means of action. The very core of the pro-life message is that every human being, no matter her stage of development, has an inalienable right to life.