Troy Newman (activist) on its campaign against abortion doctor George Tiller, which culminated in his assassination by Scott Roeder, an Operation Rescue supporter. More recently, Newman attracted international attention for his illegal entry to Australia (and subsequent deportation). Born in Anchorage, Alaska, Newman was adopted at birth to a family in San Diego, California, where he grew up as a self-described "surfer boy". He has cited his own experience as an adoptee as one of the reasons for his anti-abortion views. Newman made contact with his birth father later in life, and subsequently added his birth father's surname, Mariotti, to his own, although
George Rolph (activist) George Rolph (activist) George Rolph (born 1953) is a British activist who suffers from PTSD as a result of seven years of abuse by two separate women. He lives in Bromley, South London in the United Kingdom and has been diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder. Rolph's first campaign was about domestic violence against men. Rolph started a website (MAN2MAN), as an online forum where men who were victims of abuse could meet to support each other and to discuss their feelings. He set up a helpline from his own home as a support mechanism in order to counsel those who