> > /** headlines: 130.0 **/ > ** Topic: USA: Abortion Activists Sue "Hit List" Website, Compuserve ** > ** Written 1:51 PM Jan 21, 1999 by mmason in cdp:headlines ** > /* Written 10:42 AM Jan 21, 1999 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] in women.news */ > /* ---------- "NARAL E-NEWS January 2 - 15" ---------- */ > > ******************** > NARAL E-NEWS > January 2 - 15 > ******************** > <excerpted> > > Welcome to the NARAL E-News, a round-up of the top news stories about > abortion, reproductive rights, contraception and other women's health > issues from the past week. > > * In Oregon, Planned Parenthood, a clinic and five doctors are suing the > creators of a website that lists the names of abortion doctors on what > has been called a de facto "hit list." The site ( > http://www.christiangallery.com/atrocity/ ) refers to doctors who > perform abortions as "baby butchers," and records personal information > such as addresses, photos, and license numbers of hundreds of doctors, > and even the names of their children. "Sites like Nuremberg are a > threat to doctors because the anti-abortion movement in the United > States follows up on threats like that with violence," said Bonnie > Jones, a lawyer at New York's Center for Reproductive Law and Policy > (San Jose Mercury News, 1/7). Four doctors and two clinic workers > killed by anti-abortion activists since 1993 are crossed off on the > site, including Dr. Barnett Slepian, who was killed by a sniper on > October 23, 1998. Doctors and clinic workers who are wounded have their > names shaded in grey. > > *In Florida, the Aware Woman Center for Choice has filed a lawsuit > against several anti-abortion protesters and Compuserve, a subsidiary of > America Online, because of what the clinic says is misuse of personal > information online. Attorney Roy Lucas, who represents Patricia Windle, > owner of the Aware Woman clinic, said members of the group Christians > for Life used Compuserve to identify visitors to the clinic through the > license plates on their cars, then used that information to stalk, > threaten and harass doctors, patients and staff. "They would later just > contact these women out of the blue, and then identify them to others," > Lucas said (Reuters, 1/6). The lawsuit claims that patients were > sometimes stalked with video cameras, and the way the protesters > obtained and used personal information violates a privacy act passed by > Congress in 1994. Merideth Raney of Christians for Life said his group > was acting only to "protect women and children." > > --- > > Do you know anyone else who would like to receive the E-News? Please > send their E-Mail address to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You are currently subscribed to naral-news as: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > To unsubscribe, forward this message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ** End of text from cdp:headlines ** > > ********************************************************************** > This material came from the Institute for Global Communications (IGC), a > non-profit, unionized, politically progressive Internet services > provider. For more information, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (you > will get back an automatic reply), or visit their web site at > http://www.igc.org/ . IGC is a project of the Tides Center, a 501(c)(3) > charitable organization. > **********************************************************************
/** headlines: 130.0 **/ ** Topic: USA: Abortion Activists Sue "Hit List" Website, Compuserve ** ** Written 1:51 PM Jan 21, 1999 by mmason in cdp:headlines ** /* Written 10:42 AM Jan 21, 1999 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] in women.news */ /* ---------- "NARAL E-NEWS January 2 - 15" ---------- */ ******************** NARAL E-NEWS January 2 - 15 ******************** <excerpted> Welcome to the NARAL E-News, a round-up of the top news stories about abortion, reproductive rights, contraception and other women's health issues from the past week. * In Oregon, Planned Parenthood, a clinic and five doctors are suing the creators of a website that lists the names of abortion doctors on what has been called a de facto "hit list." The site ( http://www.christiangallery.com/atrocity/ ) refers to doctors who perform abortions as "baby butchers," and records personal information such as addresses, photos, and license numbers of hundreds of doctors, and even the names of their children. "Sites like Nuremberg are a threat to doctors because the anti-abortion movement in the United States follows up on threats like that with violence," said Bonnie Jones, a lawyer at New York's Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (San Jose Mercury News, 1/7). Four doctors and two clinic workers killed by anti-abortion activists since 1993 are crossed off on the site, including Dr. Barnett Slepian, who was killed by a sniper on October 23, 1998. Doctors and clinic workers who are wounded have their names shaded in grey. *In Florida, the Aware Woman Center for Choice has filed a lawsuit against several anti-abortion protesters and Compuserve, a subsidiary of America Online, because of what the clinic says is misuse of personal information online. Attorney Roy Lucas, who represents Patricia Windle, owner of the Aware Woman clinic, said members of the group Christians for Life used Compuserve to identify visitors to the clinic through the license plates on their cars, then used that information to stalk, threaten and harass doctors, patients and staff. "They would later just contact these women out of the blue, and then identify them to others," Lucas said (Reuters, 1/6). The lawsuit claims that patients were sometimes stalked with video cameras, and the way the protesters obtained and used personal information violates a privacy act passed by Congress in 1994. Merideth Raney of Christians for Life said his group was acting only to "protect women and children." --- Do you know anyone else who would like to receive the E-News? Please send their E-Mail address to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You are currently subscribed to naral-news as: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] To unsubscribe, forward this message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** End of text from cdp:headlines ** ********************************************************************** This material came from the Institute for Global Communications (IGC), a non-profit, unionized, politically progressive Internet services provider. For more information, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (you will get back an automatic reply), or visit their web site at http://www.igc.org/ . IGC is a project of the Tides Center, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. ********************************************************************** ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
