Jilted Ex-Boyfriend Puts Up Abortion Billboard

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.

But Fultz's attorney argues the order violates his client's free speech rights.

"As distasteful and offensive as the sign may be to some, for over 200 years in this country  the First Amendment protects distasteful and offensive speech," Todd Holmes said.

The woman's friends say she had a miscarriage, not an abortion, according to a report in the Albuquerque Journal.

Holmes disputes that, saying his case is based on the accuracy of his client's statement.

"My argument is: What Fultz said is the truth," Holmes said.

The woman's lawyer said she had not discussed the pregnancy with her client. But for Ellen Jessen, whether her client had a miscarriage or an abortion is not the point. The central issue is her client's privacy and the fact that the billboard has caused severe emotional distress, Jessen said.

"Her private life is not a matter of public interest," she told the Alamogordo Daily News.

Jessen says her client's ex-boyfriend has crossed the line.

"Nobody is stopping him from talking about father's rights. ... but a person can't invade someone's private life."

For his part, Holmes invoked  the U.S. Supreme Court decision from earlier this year concerning the Westboro Baptist Church, which is known for its anti-gay protests at military funerals and other high-profile events. He believes the high court's decision to allow the protests, as hurtful as they are, is grounds for his client to put up the abortion billboard.

"Very unpopular offensive speech," he told the Alamogordo Daily News. "The Supreme Court, in an 8 to 1 decision, said that is protected speech."

Holmes says he is going to fight the order to remove the billboard through a District Court appeal."

Jesus...

What a retarded jackass. 

what a prick

what an immature a**hole

Screw that guy, what a D-bag.

He's a douche with a capital BAG.

He's an idiot and a f***ing a**hole. 

To be honest, I'm (moderately) Pro-Life. But this is so wrong.

what an immature a**hole

Must be election season. 

@InnerVenom123 said:

What a retarded jackass.

@joshmightbe said:

what a prick

@Ebbm said:

what an immature a**hole

@Green Skin said:

Screw that guy, what a D-bag.

@venomoushatred1001 said:

He's a douche with a capital BAG.

@mavfan626 said:

He's an idiot and a f***ing a**hole.

Could not agree more.

"Nobody is stopping him from talking about father's rights ... but a person can't invade someone's private life." 
 
I would have to agree with that statement...

"Nobody is stopping him from talking about father's rights ... but a person can't invade someone's private life." 
 
I would have to agree with that statement...

"Nobody is stopping him from talking about father's rights ... but a person can't invade someone's private life." 
 
I would have to agree with that statement...

way to be a b**ch about it 

I realize that, for this meatstick, this was obviously an act of petty revenge. However, it made me start thinking about these kinds of pseudo-political acts in general. Has anyone ever been convinced to change their view on a given issue because of something like this? I swear, these are created entirely to annoy the people that disagree. What a waste of resources.

This billboard proves he would have been a bad father anyway.

@Vance Astro said:

This billboard proves he would have been a bad father anyway.

And that kid would look like Rosie O'Donnell.

@Vance Astro said:

This billboard proves he would have been a bad father anyway.

And that kid would look like Rosie O'Donnell.

@Vance Astro said:

This billboard proves he would have been a bad father anyway.

Damn straight.

What a juvenile twit. 
 
I think the Abortion laws are screwy, but that doesn't make that OK. Moron.

He shouldn't be putting his fork in the salad if he doesn't trust the restaurant, what an utter fool. 

He shouldn't be putting his fork in the salad if he doesn't trust the restaurant, what an utter fool. 

He shouldn't be putting his fork in the salad if he doesn't trust the restaurant, what an utter fool. 

@hydrabob: The woman didn't even have an abortion she had a miscarriage 

I see this guy taking a lot of heat, well deserved, but that doesn't answer the question. But what about the father, isn't the child partial his as well. At least when it comes to raising and paying for the child it is, even if he doesn't want it. But if the mother doesn't want it she just aborts it, I think that's a terrible double standard. I get if there are health issues that can effect the mother and child while carrying or birthing, but if there is nothing wrong and the father wants to be a father what's wrong with that. Let her walk away after the birth, if she wants nothing to do with it.

the woman successfully won this case and the billboard is due for soon removal.

   
 class   (kls)

He shouldn't be putting his fork in the salad if he doesn't trust the restaurant, what an utter fool. 

I see this guy taking a lot of heat, well deserved, but that doesn't answer the question. But what about the father, isn't the child partial his as well. At least when it comes to raising and paying for the child it is, even if he doesn't want it. But if the mother doesn't want it she just aborts it, I think that's a terrible double standard. I get if there are health issues that can effect the mother and child while carrying or birthing, but if there is nothing wrong and the father wants to be a father what's wrong with that. Let her walk away after the birth, if she wants nothing to do with it.

@SC said:

He shouldn't be putting his fork in the salad if he doesn't trust the restaurant, what an utter fool. 

omg so true!  Granted, I don't agree with abortion laws...but this guy went way too far! That's just wrong.  If he didn't want his girlfriend to get an abortion, DON'T HAVE A KID!!!!!!! X-P or rather, don't be with someone who doesn't want your kid!

When my friend showed this to me I thought it was hilarious until I saw the billboard and heard she had miscarried. After that the guy came off to me as a world-class douche. 

I'm just surprised a dude like that actually had sex

Notice how these things always seem to pop up during election years? Call me cynical, but it would not surprise me in the least to learn that the entire "backstory" of this billboard was staged, and the whole thing was a political stunt.
 
P.S. Since the guy is being such a lowlife, I'm going to go ahead and go all English-major on him: dude, your billboard should read "This would have been a picture of ME HOLDING my 2-month old baby," because as it's written now (along with the fact that you can't really tell that it's a baby in your hands), it would be more likely to generate sympathy for the mother, as she would have been unlikely to survive attempting to bring a fully-grown ogre to term.

@Avenging-X-Bolt: there is no proof she had an abortion she says she had a miscarriage and he assumed she had an abortion