Mark Gietzen, who gained prominence as one of the nation's most zealous grass-roots opponents of abortion, died on Tuesday.He was 69.The Kansas Republican Party announced his death.The Wichita Eagle reported that Mr. Gietzen died when his Cessna 172 crashed a few miles northeast of Chambers, Neb.Last August, in what would turn out to be his final large-scale political initiative, Mr. Gietzen (pronounced GEET-zin) spent nearly $120,000 to finance a recount of the decisive vote in Kansas to preserve abortion rights.
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