**A man who said he killed a US abortion doctor in Kansas to save the lives of unborn babies has been found guilty of first-degree murder.**Scott Roeder had pleaded not guilty to murder, arguing that he committed manslaughter to prevent a greater harm.
He shot George Tiller, a prominent abortion doctor, at his Wichita church on 31 May, 2009.
Roeder, 51, an anti-abortion activist from Missouri, faces life in jail with the possibility of parole in 25 years.
The jurors took only 37 minutes to find him guilty of first-degree murder.
His lawyers had hoped he would face a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.
But Judge Warren Wilbert ruled that that charge could not be considered because abortion, including the late-term abortions conducted by Dr Tiller, was legal in Kansas.
The judge also ruled out a second-degree murder conviction, which does not involve premeditation.