terror in charlotte

[niyad]

Terror in Charlotte
By Carole Joffe, Ms. Washington Correspondent


The posters have the word “WANTED” in large black letters at the top and contain the following language: “We would like to introduce you to Drs. X and Y . Their specialties are Obstetrics, Gynecology and Murder. Not only do these two men assist women and deliver babies, but they also harm women and kill babies…. You may contact them at their office or the clinic in which they perform the abortions.”

Using the real names of the doctors, and the addresses of their private practices, these posters have recently shown up in Charlotte, N.C. They are terrifying, and that is precisely their intention, as they invoke comparison to the notorious Old West-style wanted posters of abortion doctors that were circulated by two militant anti-abortion groups in the early 1990s. Three abortion-providing doctors—whose faces appeared on WANTED or unWANTED posters were, in fact, murdered by anti-abortion zealots.

In a celebrated case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit held that these posters constituted a “threat of force” designed to intimidate abortion providers (in violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances, or FACE Act), and were thus not protected by the First Amendment on free speech grounds. The Court also noted that extremists had listed the doctors’ information, including home addresses, on a “Nuremberg Files” website. The names of doctors who were killed were lined through in black, and wounded doctors’ names were lined through in grey.

So one can imagine the fears engendered by this latest round of postering. But they’re just the latest straw in what the beleaguered staff of the Family Reproductive Health clinic in Charlotte has had to put up with. In 2002, the high-profile antiabortion extremist Philip “Flip” Benham, formerly head of Operation Rescue and now heading Operation Save America, moved to the Charlotte area and vowed to close down Family Reproductive Health.
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http://www.msmagazine.com/Fall2009/terrorincharlotte.asp

[Snarkoleptic]

1. The christotaliban rides again!

[SeekerBlue]

2. I cannnot even find words to describe my deep hatred of these people

They make me wish I believed in hell.

[loudsue]

3. Deleting my own post.

Way too bad.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

4. This is scary..........

especially considering all the batshit-insane stuff going on in the Scott Roeder trial.

http://www.kansascity.com/637/story/1680415.html

[Terra Alta]

5. these people make me so sick

it's people like this who caused Tiller to be murdered... his blood is on their hands!! These people are only "pro-life" up to conception.. They want poor, unwed women to give birth, but they don't want their tax dollars going to WIC and food stamps to feed these children... something is wrong with this picture...

[tango-tee]

7. That's the problem, exactly.

Life is only sacred as long as it is in the womb. Once the child is born and has needs, the message to the mother is "You're on your own!".

[niyad]

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