Richard Curtis

The Nuremberg Files was a website established by antiabortion activists that publicized the names, addresses, and other personal information of abortion providers. In the following viewpoint, Richard Curtis argues that the abortion protesters violated the First Amendment because their website went beyond political speech against abortion and effectively made threats against people, which are not protected speech. Curtis is a frequent contributor to People’s Weekly World, a publication of the Communist Party U.S.A.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. How did Planned Parenthood perceive the “Wanted” posters found on the Nuremberg Files’ website, according to the Associated Press?
2. Where should the line be drawn between being disagreeable and being a terrorist, according to Curtis?
3. What is the cornerstone of American democracy...