Abortion foe ordered to stop Web postings

Philly.com reports:

A federal judge yesterday ordered an antiabortion activist to cease posting material on the Internet deemed threatening to doctors who provide abortion services.

John Dunkle, 72, of Reading, had published the address and photographs of a doctor who worked at women's health clinics, including one in Philadelphia, and literature suggesting that, "while it does not sound good to say go shoot her between the eyes, it sounds even worse to say let her alone."

Dunkle, representing himself, argued that his Web site and a newsletter he mails were part of a debate about how aggressive antiabortion activists should be in pursuing their cause. He quoted extensive passages from his own material of other activists denouncing him for entertaining such suggestions.

U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Golden dismissed his explanation.

H/T: Sylvia Stengle