Free Speech Watch|All civil liberties must be respected, even in times of national emergency, however, the Freedom of Speech afforded by the U.S. Constitution is arguably the most important. In these days of the so-called “Patriot Act” our free speech is constantly under serious attack. This website monitors the efforts to protect our free speech. It also monitors the People’s reaction to those efforts.

The vast majority of abortion opponents in the United States have always embraced non-violence. However, this is not necessarily the case with a small subset of hardcore anti-abortion activists who spend their days — and often earn their livings — organizing protests outside … I have always believed that protests outside abortion clinics, rather than embodying our nation’s powerful tradition of free speech and vigorous debate, actually undermine that legacy. …

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