Remarks on Abortion Doctor Killing

Remarking on the death of Dr. George Tiller, fellow late-term abortion provider, Dr. LeRoy Carhart, said:

"This is the equivalent of Martin Luther King being assassinated," Dr. Carhart said of the May 31 slaying of one of America's best-known late-term abortion providers.

"This is the equivalent of Pearl Harbor, the sinking of the Lusitania and any other major historic event where we've tolerated the intolerable for too long."

I would strongly disagree. Characterizing Dr. Tiller, an abortionist, as the equivalent of Dr. Martin Luther King, an iconic civil rights leader, is offensive. Comparing Dr. Tiller's murder to events that drew the U.S. into two World Wars is nonsensical. Dr. Carhart needs to get a grip.