WICHITA, Kan. -- Online auction house eBay has removed items that were posted for sale by anti-abortion activists trying to raise money for defense of a man accused of killing a Kansas abortion provider, the company said yesterday.

Supporters of Scott Roeder -- one in Kansas City, Mo. and the other in Des Moines, Iowa -- posted various items late Sunday in separate eBay auctions including an Army of God manual, an underground publication for anti-abortion militants that describes ways to shut down clinics.

After about five hours, eBay removed 10 items, activists said. The final two items were removed by late afternoon afternoon.

San Jose, Calif.-based eBay said the anti-abortion memorabilia violated its listing polices.

Mr. Roeder is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated assault in the May 31 shooting of Dr. George Tiller at his Wichita church. Anti-abortion activists are trying to raise money for Mr. Roeder, who has been appointed public defenders but was considering hiring private lawyers. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Among the last items removed from eBay was a worn Bible once owned by Shelley Shannon, an Oregon woman who shot and wounded Dr. Tiller in 1993 and was later convicted in a series of abortion clinic arsons and bombings.

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