The recent news reports stating that seven small Arkansas state parks are being considered for closing is alarming for those of us who love Arkansas history and the sites associated with it good, bad, and ugly.
to, you know, go 9:00 to 5:00. it s a desire to help people in incredibly desperate situations. there was just such pain. they were all catastrophes. you don t pick up and go from new york or washington state or france or new zealand and travel to wichita, kansas, on a whim. abortion has nothing to do with whether you re for it or against it. it depends just on your situation. and there were lots and lots of situations. reporter: three women who went to dr. tiller have chosen to share their stories here, but not all feel comfortable revealing their identities. it s important that i stay anonymous because this story isn t just my story. it s also my family s story. i also think that there s really no need to put a face to my story since it could be anybody, really.
something that was legal, it felt like we were doing something wrong. there were over 2500 arrests during the siege. it was a wonderful event. just a lot of people letting the world know the abortion industry was put on notice that we were going to defend the unborn baby, you know, until the law is changed. reporter: the volatile events of the summer of 1991 don t change any of the laws on abortion in the state of kansas. and they don t force george tiller to close his clinic doors and leave wichita. his roots in the city are deep. going back more than a century. while dr. tiller always aimed to practice medicine, he had never intended to specialize in abortion. dr. tiller s father, jack tiller, was a family physician
sacramento police released sketches of two suspects wanted for the assault of airmen spencer stone. one of three americans who stopped a gunman on a french train in august. he was stabbed repeatedly outside a sacramento bar last week in an unrelated incident. at least three palestinians are dead today after suffering attacks on israelis. now back to our msnbc special. as the millennium turns in wichita, kansas, a growing sense of anxiety and paranoia surrounds dr. tiller and his clinic. and for very good reason. the anti-abortion group operation rescue embarks on a relentless campaign to shutter dr. tiller s clinic for good.
kansas board of healing arts had filed indictments. i think it was clear that george tiller was very close to retirement. his abortion clinic was closing very soon. reporter: on march 27, 2009, the jury in the case of the state of kansas versus george tiller leaves the courtroom to deliberate. they quickly return with a verdict. we the jury unanimously find the defendant not guilty of illegal abortion as alleged in count one. and he was acquitted as somebody said in less time than it takes to eat a ham sandwich. the jury came right back and said, not guilty on all charges. it was a big load off of his shoulders. oh, yeah. i think for the anti-abortion people, it was a huge disappointment. we were so close to having tiller lose his license. i wanted to beat him. reporter: scott roeder is not a member of operation rescue, but he attends the trial nearly every day. here he s seen sitting beside operation rescue president troy newman. when the trial concludes, roeder is devas