Planned Parenthood Shooter Deemed Unfit To Stand Trial

Confessed Planned Parenthood Killer Found Mentally Unfit to Stand Trial

The Colorado man who shot and killed three people at a Planned Parenthood center in Colorado Springs, Colorado was found incompetent to stand trial on Wednesday evening. For 90 days, Robert Dear will reside in a state mental hospital, and a review of his case is scheduled for Aug. 11 and every 90 days after that. Dear’s lawyers say he needs mental health treatment, and is unable to stand trial because he can’t understand or participate in court proceedings.

The judge agreed, even as Dear shouted insults at him, calling him a “filthy animal” as he was escorted from the courtroom. Dear has repeatedly confessed to the Colorado Springs killings, stating he was trying to save unborn babies from being aborted.

Doctors testified that Dear is a mentally ill man who has come to believe the government is actively persecuting him for his pro-life beliefs.

According to USA Today:

Two state-appointed doctors said Dear suffers from the delusion he’s been persecuted by the federal government for more than 20 years for his anti-government and anti-abortion beliefs. Judge Gilbert Martinez on Wednesday accepted those findings and ordered Dear to undergo unspecified “restoration treatment” at the state hospital.

Prosecutors charged Dear with 179 counts, including first-degree murder. Police ended the assault when they crashed armored SWAT vehicles into the lobby of clinic where Dear had holed up.

Those charges remain pending until Dear is deemed competent, meaning he is able to understand the proceedings against him and assist in his defense. Dear’s status at the state mental hospital will be reviewed every 90 days. If eventually found competent and convicted, he could face the death penalty.

Dear told arresting police officers that he attacked Planned Parenthood because he was “upset with them performing abortions and the selling of baby parts.” The “baby parts” statement is a reference to a video hoax purporting to show Planned Parenthood officials “selling” dismembered body parts from aborted fetuses. It sparked an endless amount of controversy in partisan media and ultimately perpetuated a persistent, but fictitious, narrative that Planned Parenthood actively attempts to profit off abortion through black-market organ sales.