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eBay Halts Anti-Abortion Activists' Sale
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Nov 02, 2009 03:53pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
| News Date | Monday, November 2, 2009 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | (CBS/AP) Online auction house eBay says it has begun removing listings of several items put up for sale by anti-abortion activists trying to raise funds for the man accused of killing a Kansas abortion provider.
The San Jose, California company said Monday the items violated its listing policies.
Activists say at least 10 items were removed. But some items from supporters of Scott Roeder could still be found on eBay as of Monday afternoon.
One of the items still up for sale was a worn Bible that had belonged to Shelley Shannon, the Oregon woman who shot and wounded Tiller in 1993 and was later convicted in a series of abortion clinic arsons and bombings.
Perhaps to fool keyword searches and foil efforts to take down the items, their descriptions demarcate the names of key anti-abortion figures' names (for example, S.c.o.t.t R.o.e.d.e.r or Re-gin-a Din-wid-die).
Dr. George Tiller, a longtime target of protests at his Wichita clinic (one of the few where late-term abortions are practiced), was fatally shot in his church May 31.
Roeder, 51, is charged with first-degree murder in Tiller's death and is being held without bond. His trial has been scheduled for January. |
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