re: #146 Salamantis

He was most ceertainly a hero to women whose lives and health he saved when they couldn’t find other doctors who would dare to help them, at the risk, and ultimately the loss, of his own life. In the military, such a sacrifice is known as laying down the last full measure of one’s devotion.

A hero to them he was. And a martyr for what he believed was right.

Exactly.

This man lived with daily death threats, survived an assassination attempt 15 years ago, endured Bill O’reilly and others calling him a baby killer and murderer for years, and every workday he got out of bed, put on an bulletproof vest, and drove an armoured car to a clinic where he had bulletproof windows and cameras—- all to perform a legal medical procedure for women who desperately needed it.

That’s why he’s a hero. He was one of the very few brave enough to live with that constant threat, and not back down.
And that’s why he was murdered.