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Of survival for women. >> and so george tiller stayed in wichita in his fathers practice in the same building. he expanded it, he rebuilt it after it was bombed in the 1980s. in the 1990s the supreme court decision planned parenthood v casey paved the way for states hostile to abortion rights to push through onerous new restrictions targeting abortion clinics. in response tiller added a new wing to the clinic with massive operating rooms designed to meet the specifications of an ambulatory surgi...

When he too got hauled into court, when he too had to defend himself in court from charges that wouldnt have existed if not for a relentless campaign by anti-abortion activists bent on stopping him from doing his job. and how one of the spectators in that courtroom scott roader would be so galvanized by watching that spectacle. >> he was my only target. >> and would get so furious when the wall came down on tillers side that he would murder him over it. >> do you worry someone was sitting in tha...

Scott roader, the murderer of dr. george tiller, was not a lo lone wolf. he was the product of a violent, radical anti-abortion network. >> look, when i was in the pro-life movement we knew who was gluing doors shut. we knew who was vandalizing property. we knew of people who had thrown fire bombs. we knew, of course, people who were in jail. most of these pro-life groups have people always on the fringe hanging around more extreme than others they know have been involved in acts of vandalism, p...

Not do something he was going to continue aborting children. and so i felt that i needed to act and quickly for those children. >> scott roader did not get to this point of radicalization overnight. according to his ex-wife he protested at clinics including dr. tillers. he tried to super blow the locks shut on another candidate and also visited shelly shannon in prison. >> get down on your knees. >> on the day he murdered dr. tiller when he was arrested that day after the shooting, a scrap of pa...

Operation rescue. scott roader the murderer of dr. george tiller was not a lone wolf. he was the product of a violent, radical anti-abortion network. >> look, when i was in the pro-life movement we knew who was gluing doors shut. we knew who was vandalizing property. we knew of people who had thrown fire bombs. we knew of people who were in jail. most of these pro-right groups have people always on the fringe hanging around more extreme than others they know have been involved in acts of vandali...

Others. while he does have a desk, his desk sits opposite a metal detector, and he wears a gun on his hip. carl swinny works for julie burkhart at the trust women clinic in wichita, kansas. hes the facilities coordinator there which means hes in charge of keeping the staff at that clinic safe as well as the patients who go there for health care. carl worked for dr. tillers clinic, too. he was the security guard at dr. tillers clinic up until the day tiller was shot at his church. carl remembers ...

With us, among others, after she was outed by the ap. her landlord sued her to stop her from adding abortion service to her primary care practice. he threatened to kick her out if she did any abortions at the practice. she was picketed at her home and at her office. even prospective locations she was rumored to be considering relocated to, those were targeted too. anti-abortion activists distributed a wanted-style flier with her photo and her exact address, calling her a murderer. she got a lett...

Murderer and encouraging people to go to her house, that was distributed in her neighborhood. anti-abortion activists posted an audiotape online of the man who murdered dr. tiller. but this time he was threatening julie by name. >> it is a little bit death-defying, you know, for someone to walk back in there. you know, i think that womans name is julie burkhart. its almost like putting a target on your back, saying, well lets see if you can shoot me. >> eventually julie says she was getting deat...

Desk job stops being a normal desk job because while he does sit at a desk, his desk sits opposite a metal detector, and he wears a gun on his hip. carl swinny works for julie burkhart at the trust women clinic in wichita, kansas. hes the facilities coordinator there which means hes in charge of keeping the staff at that clinic safe as well as the patients who go there for health care. carl worked for dr. tillers clinic, too. he was the security guard at dr. tillers clinic up until the day tille...

Guard had a gun. i thought i wonder why. >> these days mr. swinny still has his gun. he mans the lobby at the clinic. he signs in the patients. he keeps an eye on the protesters making sure they dont get too close. there are fewer protesters than there were in the tiller days but they can still get aggressive sometimes. they standby the parking lot, drive by the entrance back and forth, back and forth. the threat they pose still feels like a very live one because its hard to tell whos just a guy...