| − | Before Dear was booked, the liberal media weighed in on the incident to push a version describing Dear as a “right-wing” fanatic, based on a white male with a gun gaining access to an abortion clinic and shooting, despite the fact that Dear began the incident well to the south of the clinic, a distance of over a quarter-mile. Rather than as a Republican or conservative, Dear listed on his voter registration card “unaffiliated”, officially meaning he subscribed to no party. He also bizarrely listed himself as female (the Colorado Voter page for this information was taken down on November 28),<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/28/colorado-springs-gunman-unknown-to-pro-lifers-in-area/</ref><ref>http://megynkelly.org/16859/colorado-springs-shooter-idd-as-robert-lewis-dear-registered-as-unaffiliated-female-voter/</ref> with a liberal blogger creating the impression that it was the right claiming that Dear was a trans-gender.<ref>http://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2015/11/28/right-wingers-claim-colorado-shooter-robert-lewis-dear-is-a-trans-woman/</ref> He was also claimed to have said to arresting officers “no more baby parts,” according to NBC News.<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/planned-parenthood-shooting-suspect-made-comment-about-no-more-baby-n470706?cid=sm_tw&hootPostID=955a227a0068143a01a28b70da350b60</ref> Vicki Cowart, president of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, rejected speculation and went straight to dogma, stating Dear "was motivated by opposition to safe and legal abortion" and a "crime against women receiving health care services."<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/28/us/colorado-planned-parenthood-shooting/</ref> | + | Before Dear was booked, the liberal media weighed in on the incident to push a version describing Dear as a “right-wing” fanatic, based on a white male with a gun gaining access to an abortion clinic and shooting, despite the fact that Dear began the incident well to the south of the clinic, a distance of over a quarter-mile. Rather than as a Republican or conservative, Dear listed on his voter registration card “unaffiliated”, officially meaning he subscribed to no party. He also bizarrely listed himself as female (the Colorado Voter page for this information was taken down on November 28),<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/28/colorado-springs-gunman-unknown-to-pro-lifers-in-area/</ref><ref>http://megynkelly.org/16859/colorado-springs-shooter-idd-as-robert-lewis-dear-registered-as-unaffiliated-female-voter/</ref> with a liberal blogger creating the impression that it was the right claiming that Dear was a trans-gender.<ref>http://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2015/11/28/right-wingers-claim-colorado-shooter-robert-lewis-dear-is-a-trans-woman/</ref> He was also claimed to have said to arresting officers “no more baby parts,” according to NBC News.<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/planned-parenthood-shooting-suspect-made-comment-about-no-more-baby-n470706?cid=sm_tw&hootPostID=955a227a0068143a01a28b70da350b60</ref> Vicki Cowart, president of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, rejected speculation and went straight to dogma, stating Dear "was motivated by opposition to safe and legal abortion" and a "crime against women receiving health care services."<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/28/us/colorado-planned-parenthood-shooting/</ref> |