The Saintly Abortionist

June, 1998

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. It is an appropriate time to remember the late Dr. Robert Spencer.When Spencer was in high school, his father, a district attorney, had a case brought to him by a renowned minister whose daughter had been receiving bizarre, threatening letters. An investigation brought out the fact that the girl was pregnant and didn't want to be, and that she had written the letters to herself. The min...