Operation Rescue (Kansas) Wichita, Kansas, to focus its efforts on late-term abortion provider George Tiller, who was assassinated in 2009. After the FACE (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances) bill was signed into law by then-president Bill Clinton, Operation Rescue West implemented new tactics that did not involve arrest. Operation Rescue operates a fleet of what it refers to as "Truth Trucks", large panel vehicles that bear images of aborted fetuses. These "Truth Trucks" travel around the nation showing what Operation Rescue describes as "grisly truth about abortion." The organization offers a $25,000 reward for reports of criminal activity at abortion clinics which
George Tiller Nazi war criminals, while Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Professor Jacob Appel described Tiller as "a genuine hero who ranks alongside Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King Jr. in the pantheon of defenders of human liberty". The trial took place in March 2009, with the jury finding Tiller not guilty on all charges on March 27, approximately two months before his death. Dr. Tiller struggled with substance abuse, which came to a head in 1984 when he was arrested for driving under the influence. He sought treatment, overcame his difficulties, and later served on the Kansas Medical