Are Protest Buffer Zones Surrounding Abortion Clinics Still Constitutional?, CRS Legal Sidebar

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Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abortion.

Judge-made law.

Law.

Colorado.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2014

Summary:

Examines McCullen volume Coakley , currently before the Supreme Court, in which abortion opponents are challenging that Massachusetts law creating a 35-foot protest free zone surrounding all reproductive health clinics in the State is unconstitutional. Analyzes McCullen and compares and contrasts the case to constitutional ruling in Hill volume Colorado

In Hill volume Colorado , the Supreme Court upheld a Colorado statute that prohibits people from knowingly approaching within eight feet of another person without consent. The statute was understood as an attempt, to limit protesters and supporters of abortion rights from communicating with women without their consent

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Are Protest Buffer Zones Surrounding Abortion Clinics Still Constitutional?

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CRS-2014-AML-0065

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