Linnea House, Executive Director of NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota, issued the following statement regarding the announcement from the Tiller family that the Women's Health Care Services, Inc., where Dr. George Tiller provided abortion and other reproductive-health care services for more than three decades, will be permanently closed.

"Our thoughts are with the Tiller family. It is a sad day for our country and women’s reproductive health when family members who stood by their husband and father as he endured countless anti-choice attacks are forced as a result of his murder to make a decision like this one. What happened to Dr. Tiller is part of an ongoing pattern of extreme anti-choice violence and intimidation that seeks, by any means necessary, to deny women access to the safe, legal abortion care they need. This use of inflammatory rhetoric and acts of violence must stop."

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Family of slain abortion doctor George Tiller 'permanently' closes his clinic

By Justin Kendall in Follow That Story, News

Tuesday, Jun. 9 2009 @ 10:08AM

"The family of Dr. George Tiller announces that effective immediately, Women's Health Care Services, Inc., will be permanently closed. Notice is being given today to all concerned that the Tiller family is ceasing operation of the clinic and any involvement by family members in any other similar clinic.

We are proud of the service and courage shown by our husband and father and know that women's health care needs have been met because of his dedication and service. That is a legacy that will never die. The family will honor Dr. Tiller's memory through private charitable activities.

The Tiller family wishes to assure Dr. Tiller's past patients that the privacy of their medical histories and patient records will remain as fiercely protected now and in the future as they were during Dr. Tiller's lifetime."