On Wednesday, MSNBC news anchor Rachel Maddow revealed the ties between Dr. Tiller’s alleged assassin Scott Roeder, to the extremist antiabortion group “Operation Rescue”, and how he repeatedly got away with violating federal laws protecting abortion clinics.

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