Posts Tagged ‘buffer zone laws’
Letter: An effective measure
The Concord Monitor posted my letter to the editor today on the New Hampshire Senate’s approval of a 25-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics: We applaud the New Hampshire Senate for approving a 25-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics in the state. In a recent National Abortion Federation survey, 51 percent of clinics in areas…
Read MoreBuffer Zones Are Critical to the Safety of Women and Health-Care Providers
This weekend, the Wisconsin State Journal posted my letter to the editor on Wisconsin state Representative Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin misrepresentation of NAF’s clinical policy guidelines: – See more at: http://blog.prochoice.org/#sthash.L79pck0t.dpuf This weekend, the Wisconsin State Journal posted my letter to the editor on Wisconsin state Representative Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin misrepresentation of NAF’s clinical…
Read MoreBuffer zones
This weekend, the Wisconsin State Journal posted my letter to the editor on Wisconsin state Representative Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin misrepresentation of NAF’s clinical policy guidelines: – See more at: http://blog.prochoice.org/#sthash.L79pck0t.dpuf This weekend, the Wisconsin State Journal posted my letter to the editor on Wisconsin state Representative Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin misrepresentation of NAF’s clinical…
Read MoreFederal Judge Throws Out Challenge to Massachusetts Buffer Zone Law
This week, U.S. District Judge Joseph L. Tauro rejected a challenge to a law that creates a 35-foot fixed buffer zone around the driveways and entrances of women’s health care facilities in Massachusetts. The lawsuit was filed in April 2008 by seven anti-abortion protesters who claimed that the law violated their free speech, free association,…
Read MoreAppeals Court Strikes Down Pittsburgh Buffer Zone Ordinance
Friday, a federal appeals court struck down a Pittsburgh ordinance that created two types of buffer zones around abortion clinics. The ordinance banned protesters from coming within 15 feet of entrances, and also prohibited them from coming within eight feet of people entering and exiting clinics within a 100-foot buffer zone around clinic entrances. The…
Read MoreFederal Judge Upholds Oakland Bubble Zone Ordinance
Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that a 2008 Oakland city ordinance barring abortion protesters from coming within eight feet of women entering and exiting abortion clinics is constitutional. Anti-abortion protester Walter Hoye challenged the ordinance’s constitutionality, and claimed that police applied it unfairly to anti-abortion protesters after he was cited for violating the ordinance last…
Read MoreB.C. Bubble Zone Law Upheld
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear a challenge to a provincial law banning protests outside abortion clinics after 11 years of court proceedings. The Court confirmed a unanimous ruling by the British Columbia Appeal Court upholding the Access to Abortion Services Act or “bubble zone” law, which prohibits protesters from…
Read MoreBubble Zone Law Upheld in British Columbia
Last week, the British Columbia Court of Appeal rejected an appeal by two anti-abortion protesters who argued that a “bubble zone” around reproductive health care clinics violated their right to freedom of expression. The complainants challenged British Columbia’s Access to Abortion Services Act, which prohibits protestors from coming within 50 meters of reproductive health care…
Read MoreAnti-Abortion Protester Charged with Violating Oakland Bubble Zone Ordinance
Anti-abortion protester Walter Hoye was due in court today on four misdemeanor charges of violating an Oakland bubble zone ordinance. The bubble zone ordinance protects patients, doctors, nurses, and other employees of reproductive health care facilities as well as volunteer escorts who assist people entering and exiting the facilities. The ordinance prohibits several different behaviors…
Read MoreMassachusetts Attorney General Speaks out in Support of Buffer Zone Law
This week Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley spoke out in support of a recently passed law, which expanded the buffer zone around reproductive health care facilities to 35 feet. Coakley filed a brief in federal court responding to a lawsuit brought forth last month by anti-abortion protesters challenging the law. The “act does not ban…
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