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Des Moines anti-abortion activist Dave Leach said Monday he was surprised but happy to hear from the media that Scott Roeder would pursue a necessity defense after confessing to the murder of Kansas doctor George Tiller.

Scott Roeder has confessed to the murder of Kansas abortion doctor George Tiller and plans to go forward with a legal defense promoted by Des Moines anti-abortion activist Dave Leach.

The decision by eBay to remove items from its site aimed at raising funds for the alleged murderer of Kansas doctor George Tiller was short-sighted and inconsistent with previous actions, Des Moines anti-abortion activist and organizer of the fundraiser Dave Leach said.

Anti-abortion activists from around the country are attempting to raise money for the defense of a man accused of killing Kansas doctor George Tiller in May, and Des Moines resident Dave Leach is organizing the effort.

Dave Leach, a Des Moines anti-abortion activist who is in touch with the man accused of killing Kansas doctor George Tiller, is working on a legal strategy that he hopes will result in an acquittal of the alleged assassin.

Following up on an Iowa Independent interview with Dave Leach, the Des Moines resident with ties to the man charged with killing Kansas abortion doctor George Tiller, The Des Moines Register reports that Leach could never attack an abortion provider because he doesn’t know enough about guns:
“You have to have some ability to pull off [...]

The suspect in the fatal shooting of late-term abortion doctor George Tiller in Kansas was an occasional contributor to a Des Moines-based newsletter that believes that killing abortion providers is justifiable homicide.