Ball point pen on the morning newsprint George Tiller. MD studied at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He held a medical internship with the United States Navy, and served as a flight surgeon. He planned to start a dermatology residency and become a dermatologist when his parents, sister and brother-in-law were killed in an aircraft accident. Tiller traveled to Wichita to assumed care of his sister's one year old son and to close his father's family practice. Upon arriving, he felt pressure to take over his father's work. Tiller's father had performed abortions at his family practice and after hearing the tragic stories of how women died from illegal abortions, he decided to sacrifice his own goals and serve the community by staying in Wichita to provide and advocate for women's health care. For that, he was demonized by the anti abortion (pro-life) extremists. His opponen ...