During July and August of 1991, thousands of members of the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue descended on the city of Wichita. Basing their actions on civil disobedience, their mission during what they called the Summer of Mercy was to “put their bodies on the line” for babies by ending legal access to abortion. Every day, protestors arrived outside the Women’s Health Care Services run by Dr. George Tiller. They would lie on the sidewalks, blocking access to the clinic, while screaming