LAT: Abortion foes turn on each other over the Operation Rescue name

[Heidi]

The movement's founder, Randall Terry, and his former protege Troy Newman wage a nasty war of words over rights to the organization's name -- and its fundraising clout.

August 26, 2009

Years ago, Randall Terry and Troy Newman were brothers in arms in the struggle against legal abortion.

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But today, the two abortion foes are locked in an increasingly nasty battle over ownership of the Operation Rescue name, which Newman trademarked in 2006.

Terry has called his former protege a weasel. Newman has branded Terry a charlatan.

Operation Rescue is a name worth fighting for: Whoever controls it benefits from its unquestionable ability to raise money from those who oppose abortion.

"Why does Troy need my name? What does he get from stealing another man's heritage? Money and media," said Terry in a telephone interview from Falls Church, Va. He moved to the Washington suburb from Florida last year in an effort to reestablish himself as a national leader in the antiabortion fight, which has heated up with Democrats in control of the White House and Congress.

Newman, for his part, has accused Terry of being a dilettante and financial failure who hopes to recapture Operation Rescue because it is "the goose that's laid the golden egg."

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[create.peace]

1. wait, wait, you're both right:

Terry has called his former protege a weasel. Newman has branded Terry a charlatan.

[omega minimo]

2. They should both be running away from that blood soaked name as fast as they can

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Whenever your enemies fight each other...

Stand back and let them!

Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch, I say...

[TexasObserver]

4. Recommend ... because I love Schadenfreude!

It's a guilty pleasure, one that involves no sugar intake.

[Heidi]

5. :whoosh:

:thumbsup:

[Sebastian Doyle]

6. I'm sure they're both complete douchebags

But I hope Troy Newman wins this one. Just because I really fucking despise Randall Terryrist.

[Vickers]

7. That name wasn't trademarked until 3 years ago?!!?!?!?!?!?

:wow:

Holy shit, those are some dumb motherfuckers.

[Heidi]

9. What you said.

Especially the last part. :hi:

[charlie]

10. True dat

And the rest of us missed an opportunity to bumblefuck those idiots. If only we knew.

[MisterP]

8. just like the Minutemen

except no 2-foot fence (and, hopefully, no slaughtered families)

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. This should be good!

:popcorn: