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The Anti- Family Planning Movement by Cristina Page Like lawn ornaments in summer, protesters outside the local abortion clinic are fixtures in many places in the United States today. Their presence and message have long been so predictable that, without looking or listening, people believe they understand the point. And so you might not notice that the protest taking place outside your local clinic today has fundamentally changed. It is no longer about abortion. June 7 is the anniversary of Griswold v Connecticut, the 1965 Supreme Court decision that granted married people the right to use contraception. To mark the day, anti-abortion groups are taking to their normal posts outside clinic entrances not to convince Americans to oppose abortion but rather to stop using contraception. The national campaign is called "Protest the Pill Day 08' " and it is organized by several leading anti-choice groups including the American Life League and Pharmacists for Life. The groups...

Abuse in Our Community? Protecting our Future – Halakhic and Legal Methods to Stop Predators and Enablers - Rabbi Mark Dratch, Founder and Director of Jsafe - Elliot Pasik, Attorney for Abuse Victims and Author of NYS Background Check Law - Rabbi Allen Schwartz, Rabbi of Ohab Zedek - Mark Weiss, Abuse Survivor and Advocate for Change and Education - Moderated by Rabbi Maury Kelman, Attorney Tuesday, March 6 @ 8:15 PM, Congregation Ohab Zedek, 118 W. 95th St., NY, NY IF YOU ARE IN THE NYC AREA - PLEASE ATTEND!

Federal Court Reaffirms Immunity of Bloggers from Suits Brought Against Commenters Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides that "[no] provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider," and that "[n]o cause of action may be brought and no liability may be imposed under any State or local law that is inconsistent with this section." A recent decision of the First Circuit has reaffirmed the broad protection this statute provides to bloggers and message board administrators. In Universal Communication Systems v. Lycos, a company who had allegedly been victimized by defamatory statements on a message board regarding the value of its stock sued Lycos, which operated the board. The message board allowed users to post comments with minimal moderation, and no one from Lycos was responsible for the allegedly defamatory statements. THE REST OF ...