women's health clinic of the slain doctor and women's advocate george tiller. tiller was shot dead by anti- choice extremists as he attended church services in 2009. his clinic remained closed since then. since then, and women's trust has purchased the clinic and will reopen the clinic offering abortion and other services. the new clinic will operate under stricter services -- rules. those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are continuing our silence majority 100-city tour. we are broadcasting from richmond, virginia. we begin with the u.s. supreme court, which opens its 2012-13 term today. the last session was to find by a single case, the affordable care act. president obama's signature bill cleared the way for the largest revamp of america's healthcare system since the 1960's. in the near term, the court is expected to hear cases on a number of highly contentious issues, ranging from affirmative action and same-sex marriage, to corporate accountability for international human rig