Court to Hear Appeal of Mass. Abortion Buffer Zone -Protest or Harassment?

Law • July 2013 • Views: 1,212

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to reconsider the constitutionality of a 2007 Massachusetts law that bars protests within 35 feet of abortion clinic entrances, exits and driveways.

The justices agreed Monday to hear an appeal from abortion opponents who want the law thrown out, saying it violates their free speech rights.

The law allows individuals to cross into the buffer zone only to enter or leave the clinic or reach a destination other than the clinic.

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Sionainn Fri, Jul 5, 2013 4:59:14am

I do not understand how some people think they have the absolute right to make others miserable.

CuriousLurker Fri, Jul 5, 2013 8:36:22am

If it was the KKK outside NAACP offices or neo-Nazis outside ADL offices would it be protest or harassment?

This seems to have fallen under “protest”, so I guess anything goes:

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Vicious Babushka Fri, Jul 5, 2013 8:54:40am

Aren’t the Westboro freaks required to keep a distance from any event they’re “protesting” and why are these freaks any different from the Westboro freaks?

kerFuFFler Fri, Jul 5, 2013 3:24:39pm

Don’t even get me started about Bush’s “free speech zones” that were set up at quite a distance (and fenced in!) to keep protesters far from the cameras and his events. A mere 35 feet does not keep “pro-life” protesters from speaking or being heard. It does prevent protesters from physically interfering with the rights of patients to walk freely into a building for LEGAL medical care. Given how many attacks there have been on clinics and their personnel, a little distance seems called for.

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