Posted on 08/05/2004 6:30:30 AM PDT by wagglebee
NEW ORLEANS A man accused of running a sham abortion clinic and tricking women in order to keep them from getting abortions was ordered Wednesday to disconnect his phone and stop giving advice.
U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit against William A. Graham, who was accused of listing the business phone of his Causeway Center for Women under "Abortion Services" and making misleading statements aimed at delaying women until it was too late for them to get legal abortions.
Among other accusations, the lawsuit brought by an abortion rights organization alleges trademark infringement because Graham lists his phone number directly below the listing for the similarly named Causeway Medical Clinic, which has provided abortion services since 1978.
"I still don't see that we've done anything wrong," said Graham, who earns his living through a tax preparation service but makes no income from Causeway Center for Women.
Graham, who represented himself at the hearing, referred to abortion as "a very controversial procedure."
"It's not a matter of whether we're for or against a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy," Graham said. "There's a lot of orchestration going on with those with an agenda."
Suzanne Novak, attorney for Center for Reproductive Rights, which filed the lawsuit, said the judge's ruling would set a precedent for similar situations in which abortion opponents mislead women.
The lawsuit accused Graham of pretending to refer women to abortion providers at bargain prices, then telling them their appointments had been postponed. Louisiana law allows abortions only during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy.
One plaintiff said Graham told her that if an abortion were "performed too early, it could be harmful to her health," according to the lawsuit.
No date was set for a hearing on whether the judge should make the injunction permanent.
OK.
This is not a case of some porn site having a webpage called 'Dizney'........I just knew someone would be along..........
....I would also suggest that for those who can't tell the difference between 'Causeway Center for Women', and 'Causeway Medical Center' to move to Palm Beach............they'll fit right in.
I'm no fan of frivilous lawsuits, but the courts do have jurisdiction over both fraud and intent to deceive.
This one actually should be heard in the courts. I'd prefer it be criminal court, if he indeed dispensed with bogus medical advice.
Just because we share a person's beliefs doesn't mean they can't be a scumbag, and it doesn't mean that we have to support all his tactics. The Rule of Law still means something to me.
Having said that, the 'business' is a ghoulish one at that, piloted by some of the coldest hearted people you would ever want to meet. These are not the type of folks I would care to have over for dinner; truly, I would not let them share the same dish as my pets.
It seems to me that the pro-aborts prefer the civil court in this case.....for obvious reasons. They won't have to prove anything. All they have to do is outspend him; mission accomplished.
The Rule of Law still means something to me.
Which is admirable, of course..........it would be up to the attorney general to file any such charges, and at this moment I've heard nothing about that...........just the accusations of a few hell-harpies...........I'll need more than that.
Wrong-o. The law says otherwise. Don't like it? Lobby.
I'm sorry that your intellect is too narrow to understand the comparison you made above is intellectually dishonest.
Oh, well. I tried.
The law pre-1863 also said that if you knew where a fugitive slave was, you had to turn him in. Would you have followed that law?
I wouldn't have told a runaway slave that I'd take him in and then hand him over.
Which is what this lying scumbag did - he told people he'd help them, then undermined it.
If the cause is just, you don't need to lie to people about it.
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