Operation Rescue’s impact is felt nationwide as America’s views on abortion begin to shift.

Early in the year, Operation Rescue made an important tactical decision that may have helped influence the course of history and shift the cultural status quo away from the radical pro-death mentality that has held America captive since the infamous Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision of 1973 that decriminalized abortion in the United States. It was decided to use the Truth Trucks, a fleet of large panel trucks that are outfitted with graphic images of aborted babies, at key political events and in critical swing states to expose the Democratic ticket’s support for the most radical abortion policies in the history of our nation. Little did they know that this decision would unleash a whirlwind that would herald changes in the way Americans act toward abortion.

The Truth Truck Fleet was unveiled a the Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts, where restrictive protest zones made the mobile billboards the most effective means of communicating with the thousands of delegates and media.

The Truth Trucks’ panels were emblazoned with the text “Kerry’s Choice” and “Kerry/Edwards: A Bloody Team for a Bloody America” on top of grisly images of aborted babies. The Truth Trucks, for the first time, successfully connected the dots for the American people between the Democrats’ “Choice” and the horrific reality of abortion.

After the convention, the Truth Trucks dogged the Kerry/Edwards campaign trail, following them throughout the east and Midwest. Then, two weeks before the election, Operation Rescue joined with a coalition of pro-life, pro-family groups on the Prayer for Life Tour of 2004 through the desperately important swing states of Pennsylvania and Ohio, stopping in cities and towns to pray for the nation and the election outcome. Wherever Kerry and Edwards appeared, the Truth Trucks were there associating the Kerry/Edwards “Pro-Choice” ticket with the bloody consequences of that choice.

And it worked!
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From Times Wire Reports
December 25, 2004

Miramar, Florida — A doctor whose license was revoked for botching abortions, including leaving fetus parts inside a patient, was arrested in Miramar on charges he continued to perform the procedures.

Robelto A. Osborne, 44, was charged with performing medicine without a license, a third-degree felony. He was released on bond.

Osborne’s medical license was revoked in August after state regulators determined he failed to perform necessary preoperative procedures, did not treat a severe uterine perforation and did not return calls to his emergency phone line.

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Wichita, KS — Operation Rescue missionary Jeff Herzog reports that a baby was saved on Christmas Monday because of one of Operation Rescue’s signs. A Kansas couple came to George Tiller’s Women’s Health Care Services, the largest late-term abortion mill outside Communist China, for an abortion of their 5-month old pre-born child. One of the sidewalk counselors talked to the couple, who noticed the large sign that read, “Tiller the Killer Strikes Again. Butchers women. Butchers babies. Who’s next?” with the enlarged photo of him unloading a botched abortion victim from the ambulance at Wesley Hospital. She explained to the couple that, in addition to the death of the baby, women have been seriously hurt by botched abortions at that abortion mill.

The couple agreed to go next door to the Choices Medical Clinic, a pro-life center that offers alternatives to abortion. They received a free, 3-D ultrasound and discovered that their baby was a little boy. They decided against abortion, but had pre-paid nearly $1,000 to the mill for the cost of the abortion.

The couple returned to Tiller’s to get their money back. They later explained to rescuers that while he did refund the full amount, Tiller tried to make them feel guilty about not having the abortion. He said, “You’ll just go somewhere else to have the abortion.” But they told him, “No, we’re keeping our baby.”

As the couple was leaving, sidewalk counselors gave them gifts of baby blankets and clothing. Ironically, while the couple was receiving their gifts, Tiller left the mill and saw the young mom and dad being ministered to by the rescuers who were standing next to the sign that displayed the Tiller mishap. One of the pro-lifers noticed Tiller muttering under his breath as he drove away, apparently none too happy that another one got away. But it was a wonderful Christmas present for the rescuers who rejoiced that a precious life was spared!