What do you want to say to Dr. Tiller? What do you want people to know about Dr. Tiller?
In the past month, Words of Choice began collecting bouquets of words for Dr. Tiller, the Kansas doctor and provider of abortions to women across the country. May 31 marks the one-year anniversary of Dr. Tiller's murder.
Dr. Tiller was also known for his "Tillerisms" -- his homilies, sayings and mottos. Our cast read them to audiences as they wrote out their own words on slips of paper. One example, "It is never the wrong time to do the Next Right Thing."
Our first three installments of messages to Dr. Tiller are here and here and here.
Now -- more responses from the audience attending a performance in DC produced in conjunction with the DC Abortion Fund (others of theirs are also here. Thanks to Carl H. Jaynes for turning the messages into computer-ready nuggets.)
~ Thank you for trusting women to make choices for themselves, their bodies, their lives.
~ Dr. Tiller -- We won't stop fighting. Thank you.
~ Trust Women -- Just read the pin.
~ Thank you for being bold and speaking out for those without a voice.
~ You could have performed abortions in New York City or San Francisco, but you stayed in Kansas. I salute your courage, and wonder "when?"
~ Thanks for the courage to do what you did where you live.
~ Your work was indispensable. You are missed.
~ Your work saved women's lives. And we will make sure that others can carry it forward.
~ Thank you for having the courage of your convictions.
~ Thank you for adhering to your principles & paying the ultimate price for it -- your life. You lived your life with conviction & courage similar to great men like Gandhi.
~ Something I'd like to say to Dr. Tiller: When I think of how unfair it is that you were so violently taken from your family, friends, profession, I am speechless. I'm so sorry for what happened to your family.
~ May God Bless you for your sacrifice.
~ Thank you, thank you, thank you for trusting and believing in and honoring women.
~ I want people to know that Dr. Tiller was a hero in the truest sense of the word -- he helped women who were facing extraordinarily difficult circumstances that most of us will never understand. He trusted women, and honored their choices -- he will never be forgotten.
~ I aspire to your courage and bravery.
~ I want Dr. Tiller to know that his life & his death were not in vain and I will never stop fighting to protect choice & the work of abortion providers.
We are posting comments for or about Dr. Tiller. Send to: wordsofchoice@mindspring.com
Posted by Cindy Cooper
Pictured above: DCAF event photo by Elisabeth Sowecke
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