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...decisive--though not unexpected--victory for civil libertarians. Opponents of the CDA, led by the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Library Association as well as dozens of other plaintiffs, including Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Watch, had argued that the statute was so vaguely worded and ill defined that discussions in online chat rooms about abortion or contraception could have attracted the vice squad. Says Ira Glasser, executive director of the A.C.L.U.: "It would have criminalized all sorts of speech that would never have been criminalized before...
Your item on Planned Parenthood's attempt to garnish affinity payments earmarked for Operation Rescue from the LifeLine telephone company [NOTEBOOK, May 12] may cause some readers to think that Planned Parenthood could grab money from LifeLine that American Family Association supporters intended to go to us. This is not the case. Planned Parenthood cannot interfere with LifeLine's payments to the American Family Association or any organization other than Operation Rescue. PATRICK J. VAUGHN Assistant General Counsel American Family Association Tupelo, Miss...
...exciting. Even so he continues to please. Last month a large outdoor crowd at the New Orleans' Jazz and Heritage Festival sat through a downpour to listen as he played new tunes and old favorites. For aging boomers in particular, he mirrors their own misadventures with drugs, marriage and parenthood. For many of them, he is family...
...Association supports such an outrageous breach of professionalism. Emergency contraception is just that--contraception, not abortion. A pharmacist should not substitute his or her judgment for that of a licensed physician by refusing to fill any prescription that has been issued by a doctor. ALEXANDER C. SANGER, President Planned Parenthood of New York City New York City...
Customers who signed up for the service of a Christian Right long-distance company may soon see some of their monthly payments transferred to a prominent pro-choice group instead. In January, Planned Parenthood began garnishment proceedings against AmeriVision Communications Inc., the parent company of LifeLine, a phone service that bills itself as a moral alternative to what it describes as "pro-gay, pro-liberal values" carriers like AT&T and MCI. LifeLine diverts 10% of payments to a cause checked off by its 1.2 million customers. Last year it raised more than $10 million for charities that include several...