Just a few short weeks ago Dr. Tiller was assassinated while attending a church service. Today we learn that the clinic he operated will now close:

WICHITA, Kan. - The family of slain abortion provider George Tiller says his Wichita, Kan., clinic will be "permanently closed."

The Tiller family says in a statement released by his attorneys on Tuesday that it is ceasing operation of the clinic and any involvement by family members in any other similar clinic.

This clinic was one of only a few in our nation that provided late term abortions for women, and according to a WP story last week:

A survey of 1,819 providers found that at the time, 18 clinics and 12 hospitals performed abortions at 26 weeks. Because the overall number of abortion providers has dropped since 2001, the number offering procedures that late has probably fallen, too, and the number performing abortions even further along in the pregnancy is probably much smaller, Henshaw said.

The closing of this facility is a blow to the health and safety of women and reminds us all that our fight for the reproductive rights of women is far from over.