> [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Yes, its still up and running. Plaintiffs are > filing for an injunction, though, to take it off the web. In > response, Christian Gallery a la Neal Horsley has posted a link for MD > doctors, profiling even more specific info, including pictures and > stats. The link for this site is: > > http://www.bestchoice.com/atrocity/MD.htm > > for more information about it: > > > > > This site is still up and running, amazingly. I didn't think it would > be, > because of all the controversy and this verdict. But all I had to do > is > type "nuremburg files" into a search engine and I found it. > > http://www.christiangallery.com/atrocity/index.html > > ---------- > > From: joe dees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Jury Finds Web Site a Threat > > Date: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 2:00 AM > > > > Jury Finds Web Site a Threat > > Rejects Free-Speech Argument, > > Awards $100 Million in Damages > > > > The home page from a controversial Web site called "The Nuremberg > Files" > has an illustration of blood dripping from aborted fetuses. It lists > the > names of abortion providers, their home addresses and license plate > numbers. > > > > By Lauren Dodge > > The Associated Press > > P O R T L A N D, Ore., Feb. 2 � A federal jury ruled today that a > Web > site and �wanted� posters listing abortion doctors� names and > addresses > amounted to death threats, ordering the site�s authors to pay damages > of > more than $100 million. Striking a blow to militant online tactics in > the > fight against abortion, the verdict could redefine what is considered > constitutionally protected political speech. The anti-abortion > materials > contained no explicit threats of violence, only veiled messages, such > as > crossing through the names of abortion providers who were killed. �The > jury > saw the posters for what they are � a hit list for terrorists,� said > Gloria > Feldt, the president of Planned Parenthood, the main plaintiff in the > case. > �Whether these threats are posted on trees or on the Internet, their > intent > and impact is the same.� > > �A Moral and Constitutional Outrage� > > Defendants had said that they would not pay any damages, no matter > what > the verdict. One of the defendants, Catherine Ramey, sobbed as the > verdict > came in, after more than four days of deliberations. �This is a moral > and > constitutional outrage,� Ramey said afterward. She criticized the key > ruling by the judge, who defined threat as something that could be > taken as > a threat by a �reasonable person,� rather than as something that made > lawless action �imminent.� �There was no threat and they knew it,� > Ramey > said. She had testified that she would not so much as offer a tissue > to an > abortion provider if he or she was shot. At issue was the �The > Nuremberg > Files� Web site, which lists hundreds of �baby butchers� and invites > readers to send in such > > personal details as their home addresses, license plate numbers and > even > the names of their children. The similar Wild West-style posters > offered a > $5,000 reward for information about the �Deadly Dozen� doctors branded > �Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity.� > > Doctors Describe a Life of Fear > > Three times, doctors whose names appeared on the list were killed, > most > recently last October when Dr. Barnett Slepian was gunned down by > sniper > fire in his home outside Buffalo, N.Y. His name on the Web site was > > promptly crossed through. Throughout the three-week trial, held > under > tight security, abortion doctors on the list testified that they lived > in > constant fear, used disguises, bodyguards and bulletproof vests, and > instructed their children to crouch in the bathroom if they heard > gunfire. > �This is terrorism,� plaintiffs� attorney Maria Vullo said in closing > arguments, pointing > > to a timeline of the four doctors and two clinic workers killed > since > 1993. �The message is, �Stop performing abortion or wear a bulletproof > vest.�� Attorneys for more than a dozen defendants, including the > antiabortion umbrella group American Coalition of Life > > Advocates, contended their clients were peaceful protesters engaged > in a > vigorous political debate. But on the stand, defendant Andrew > Burnett, > publisher of Life Advocate Magazine, conceded that doctors may have > reason > to fear the Web site because of the extent of > > anti-abortion violence. �If I was an abortionist,� he said, �I > would be > afraid.� > > Tactics Will Not Change > > Defendants had indicated that no matter what the verdict, their > tactics > would not change. They also said any monetary award would have > nothing > more than a symbolic impact because they have transferred their assets > to > make themselves �judgment-proof.� The plaintiffs sued under federal > racketeering statutes and the 1994 Freedom of Access to Clinic > Entrances > Act, which makes it illegal to incite violence against abortion > doctors and > their patients. While the law has been used often against people who > have > firebombed clinics or attacked doctors, this case, filed in 1995, was > believed to be the first not to result from a violent confrontation or > a > direct, person-to-person threat. > > Joe E. Dees > > Poet, Pagan, Philosopher > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > > > Access your e-mail anywhere, at any time. > > Get your FREE BellSouth Web Mail account today! > > http://webmail.bellsouth.net > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ >
To all the WACDTF lists: A WACDTF member who's a NARAL official forwarded the following MD NARAL notice that will be of interest to many of you, especially if you use Mindspring as your ISP. I maintain the WACDTF lists by hand. If you have an update for your E-mail address, receive this message twice, or no longer wish to receive WACDTF notices, please let me know by replying to this message. Bill Falls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force (WACDTF) Hotline: 202-797-6577 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] for the current news bulletin auto-reply [EMAIL PROTECTED] to ask a question _____ Subject: URGENT: Maryland Doctors Targeted on Website Maryland NARAL Activists and MRC Members: The Nuremberg Files, the anti-choice website currently on trial in Oregon for listing the personal information of doctors who perform abortions, has added a NEW page to their site as of yesterday that SINGLES OUT AND SPECIFICALLY LISTS THE PHONE NUMBERS, OFFICE & HOME ADDRESSES, AND PHOTOS OF MARYLAND ABORTION PROVIDERS. TO DATE, MARYLAND IS THE ONLY STATE TO BE PROFILED. To view this page, go to http://www.bestchoice.com/atrocity/MD.htm MindSpring, the company that hosts this website, has been asked to remove this material but has ignored such requests. We are encouraging all activists to contact MindSpring IMMEDIATELY and let them know that this site is being used to promote terrorism and assassination. MindSpring's terms state "Threats of bodily harm or destruction of property are always prohibited." The home page for this site lists doctors who have been wounded in grey and those who have been killed with a line through their name. In addition, the site asks for help in collecting "photos or videotapes of the abortionist, their car, their house, friends, and anything else of interest" and "current and past personal data including date and place of birth, home and business addresses and phone numbers, Social Security numbers, automobile plate numbers, names and birthdates of spouse(s), children and friends." Finally, the site lists articles extolling the bravery and virtues of people who have been indicted for or convicted of murder. To contact MindSpring, send an e-mail to the attention of Charles Brewer, President, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you are a customer of MindSpring, Pipeline, or Sprynet (two MindSpring subsidiaries), make sure to note that in your e-mail. Let them know that the targeting of abortion providers for violence and intimidation will not be tolerated! We will keep you posted on the Federal case currently pending against the creators of this site.
