dr. tiller's wichita church, his church, the only place where dr. howed up at the same time every week, a place they knew he could be found at that time, and scott roder shot george tiller dead. and when they killed george tiller in that church in 2009, that ended abortion in wichita. actually, in that whole part of kansas. dr. tiller's clinic was closed into after his murder. it has been vacant in wichita ever since. when we interviewed dr. mila means in 2011, she was planning on picking up where dr. tiller left off. she had begun the extra training she needed to become an abortion provider so she could offer that service in addition to her family practice. she was going to re-establish access to abortion in wichita despite the horrific litany of what had ended it there before. that was her plan. but it did not happen. dr. means was open about what she wanted to do. she soon found herself sued by her landlord for "creating a clear nuisance" after protesters showed up at her family practice. protesters also showed up at her house. they sent around a

the film is called, "after tiller" after dr. george tiller, a man who performed the third trimester abortions despite constant threats and attacks from anti-abortion extremists. tiller's clinic was firebombed in 1985. eight years later, he survived an assassination attempt. then on may 31, 2009, dr. george tiller was gunned down by scott roeder while attending church in wichita, kansas. tiller was 67. the film opens with the words of dr. torch tiller. >> i personally would prefer to have a stimulating, emotionally and spiritually rewarding career that is short rather than have a long and filled with mediocrity, feeling as if you don't make any difference to people. >> that was part of the nine- one-one call from the sunday morning in 2009 when dr. george tiller was shot to death while he attended church. the film, "after tiller" which has premiered at the sundance film festival, is about the colleagues he left behind. the four doctors depicted in the film have also braved threats, harassment, emotional weight of the stories they

dr. tiller who was assassinated. called him tiller the baby killer. one of the few late term abortions in the country and for $5,000 you could go there and any reason at all he would terminate this the third trimester. in fact, the kansas authorities took the license medical license away from the doctor who was giving the reasons to abort saying there were no reasons. she lost her license. >> his facilities have been closed since 2009 when he was killed and now they are planning to reopen that facility. >> bill: only four late term abortions according to npr who did a story on this operating in the country right now. andrew cuomo practicing catholic by the way. governor of new york, wants to expand this pretty much allow abortions in the third trimester for any health reason at all. >> and broughtenning the medical officials based on reason that you said. becoming very difficult to find -- >> in new york state can't be held accountable no matter what happens. >> neither the doctor or the woman. >> bill: even if the reason is found to be bogus you are

dr. joe tiller who was assassinated by anti-abortion activists, there are fewer doctors willing to performsundance festival there is a new documentary about this. this is from that documentary. >> at times i struggle and at times i don't, but i always come back to the woman. >> ours is corpus clolossacolos. and which part is guilt, because you have guilt if you do what we are doing or bring him into the world and then he doesn't have any quality of life? >> they say that 7 of 10 women who terminate a pregnancy would have preferred to do the procedure earlier and many cite financial barriers and saving enough, and child care costs and lost wage, and keeping it legal is no longer the barrier to reproductive health. so you cannot watch "after tiller" and feel how complicated this is, and just that image of the visibly pregnant belly and the tissues from the tears, your point about women being moral agents who can make their own decisions. these are hard decisions, and people are are not making them lightly. >> absolutely. absolute absolutely. and what we have to remember, also, is that women

dr. george tiller who performed late term abortions.lm, one of the doctors say they have been at war since roe, except there is only one side that has been fighting. bret? >> bret: we usually hear from the president on this anniversary. what is the white house saying today? >> the president said today his administration continues to work toward minimizing the need for abortion. adding that the government should not intrude on private family matters and women should be free to make their own choices about their bodies and healthcare. >> bret: thank you. what are your thoughts on roe v. wade anniversary? let me know on twitter. follow me. @bretbaier. deep freeze hit the midwest. waves of arctic air sweeping the region, causing schools to shut down. frigid temperatures expected to play a role in three deaths so far. some of the oldest areas registered get this, 36-degrees below zero. politics was everywhere during the inauguration. even in the music. we'll explain. even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [

dr. george tiller practiced is set to reopen. that's coming up this spring.that case itself was so disruptive and disturbing for so many people that work within this industry. how hard has it been for that place to reopen and for the people that work there to actually feel safe to do what they're doing? >> enormous courage on the part of the people that work in clinics across this country, because they are there every day to provide care for women and in the case of kansas having to reopen a clinic so that women have access. women in rural america sometimes have to travel hundreds of miles to access this very basic common medical care, and again, what it boils down to is that we have to have people elected, whether it's a governor or legislators in the state or here in congress, that believe and trust women to make this decision and not politicians. so that is where the battle still rages, making sure women have access to this care across the country while still making sure that the politicians stay out of it. >> all right. today we mark that 40-year annivers

dr. tiller's clinic and they are obviously in as much trouble as they could. it is serious.let's say hello to clay calling from goldsboro maine. good morning clay. thanks. >> caller: good morning. miss smeal -- >> yes? >> caller: i'm very interested in the opportunities of somebody who is right by their father or whomever. do they have other opportunities to protect themselves, rape kits in other states or does the federal law have some form of protection? >> bill: for victims of rape set by her father. thanks, claudia for the call. >> rape is a crime that is regulated more by the state. we want the violence against women act is it helps to fight abuse of women. of all kinds. violence of all kinds. it does help federally. but most rape laws are at the state level. the odd thing about what's happening with so many of the right wing legislators is that they won't get off -- they want to tamper with you might as well say, the rights of women. the victim of rape. and force her to carry a child to term. even though the data -- public opinion is off the wall. most people think tha