The most weird or stupid news story you heard today.

[PiKA2001]

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The sign on Alamogordo's main thoroughfare shows 35-year-old Greg Fultz holding the outline of an infant. The text reads, "This Would Have Been A Picture Of My 2-Month Old Baby If The Mother Had Decided To Not KILL Our Child!"
Fultz's ex-girlfriend has taken him to court for harassment and violation of privacy. A domestic court official has recommended the billboard be removed.

Both??? Judging from the article it appears that the mother isn't named or pictured in the billboard so I'm not sure if the invasion of privacy claim can trump freedom of speech here.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes

Jilted ex-boyfriend puts up billboard saying his ex had an abortion against his wishes.


Free speech or violation of privacy? Any thoughts?

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

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Both??? Judging from the article it appears that the mother isn't named or pictured in the billboard so I'm not sure if the invasion of privacy claim can trump freedom of speech here.

I wonder if he knows a miscarriage is semantically a spontaneous abortion and sometimes women miscarry and need the same procedure (a D&C) as an abortion when their uterus doesn't shed what is no longer a fetus. Though he didn't use her name, if it isn't true perhaps it could be libelous under New Mexico law, though not a federal issue.

Regardless it is in poor taste and now all women in New Mexico and beyond know he's not that bright as well as spiteful so he should never be worried about getting any action from a reasonable woman, and therefore never be concerned with any future girlfriends getting abortions. The billboard company, can't believe they'd take his money for a sign like that, I think they have poor judgment as well and even in this economy sometimes it isn't worth it. If it isn't true, she could potentially go after the billboard company as well.