Former radical anti-abortionist Frank Schaeffer apologizes for his extreme rhetoric and calls out the anti-abortion movement: We who sowed hate share blame in killing of abortion doctor.

I don’t agree with everything he writes in his piece, but the conclusion is right on target:

The same hate machine I was part of is still attacking all abortionists as “murderers.” And today, once again, the “pro-life” leaders are busy ducking their personal responsibility for people acting on their words.

The people who stir up the fringe never take responsibility. But I’d like to say that I, and the people I worked with in the pro-life movement, all contributed to this killing by our foolish and incendiary words.

I am very sorry.