Activists Still Confused About Execution Of Abortion Doctor's Killer
by: Daniel Riehs
MIAMI—Almost a month after the execution of Paul J. Hill, activists are still confused about whose deaths they were supposed to be in favor of.
Hill—the first person to ever be executed in the United States for the slaying of an abortion provider—initially gained respect from pro-life groups. Opinions seemed to change in the weeks following Hill's execution, however; and as one anti-abortion activist noted, "We eventually realized that killing a doctor could probably also be classified as murder."
"So I guess you could say that I was against the abortion and the killing of the doctor, but for the execution," said Linda Phillips, a third-grade teacher in the Miami public school system. "But maybe that doesn't make sense; I mean lethal injection is still kind of like killing."
Although the confusion among pro-life groups has been widely publicized, experts have been quick to point out that pro-choice activists have not been immune from the uncertainty that the situation has caused.
As a representative of Planned Parenthood said in a recent press conference, "We've decided to place armed guards outside of each of our four area locations. Hopefully, these guards will be able to stop any more retaliatory killings by shooting these vigilante killers dead."
The representative then added, "Wait a minute, what is that, like five levels removed from the initial abortions? That's wild."
When asked how anti-death penalty activist were coping with the situation in Miami, Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the ALCU—an organization that has been quite vocal against the death penalty—said "Well, abortions are constitutional, but capital punishment and vigilante killings are not, so I don't really see why people are confused."
"Besides," added Romero, "Hill's shootings really wouldn't be considered vigilante justice, anyway, since his victims hadn't committed any crimes."
Following those comments, a rouge reporter asked Romero if, to Hill, those killings might have been justified since he himself believed that abortion was wrong.
Romero declined to answer, but was seen later curled up in a ball in the corner of his office.
Said one local college student, "The only thing that us humans are truly justified in killing is ignorance."
He then added, "And gays."
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