HIGH COURT TO SET LIMITS FOR CLINIC PROTESTS.Byline: Richard Carelli Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. The Supreme Court dived back into the battle over anti-abortion demonstrations Monday, agreeing to clarify the "dos" and "don'ts" of protests outside abortion clinics An abortion clinic is a medical facility that performs or specializes in abortions. Such clinics may be public medical centers or private medical practices. Planned Parenthood, whose clinics offer abortions as well as other reproductive care and counseling, is the largest . At issue: When does free speech become harassment Ask a Lawyer Question Country: United States of America State: Nevada I recently moved to nev.from abut have been going back to ca. every 2 to 3 weeks for med. ? The court will decide whether most demonstrators at abortion facilities in the Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y., areas can be kept 15 feet away from the entrance, driveway, any patient or staff member. Lower courts upheld the 15-foot buffer zone buffer zone n. A neutral area between hostile or belligerent forces that serves to prevent conflict. Noun 1. buffer zone , challenged as a violation of demonstrators' free-speech rights. Monday's action was something of a surprise. The justices ruled in 1994 that judges can bar even peaceful protests from getting too close to abortion clinics, and upheld a 36-foot demonstration-free zone around a Florida clinic. Since then, the court consistently had refused to review challenges to similar limits on anti-abortion demonstrations. "We're delighted to be given another opportunity to make our point," said anti-abortion lawyer Jay Sekulow. "I think it was the floating nature of this bubble zone that attracted the court's attention. I want to burst the bubble and allow free discussion." Deborah Ellis Deborah Ellis was born Chochran , Ontario Canada in 1960. She won the Governor General's Award for her first novel, Looking for X. Ellis said that she decided to start writing when she was 11 or 12. of the NOW Legal Defense Fund called the court's action "unusual and worrisome." She guessed that the court may focus on that portion of a federal judge's order that allows two "sidewalk A Microsoft service that was launched in 1997 to provide online arts and entertainment guides on the Web for major cities worldwide. In 1999, Microsoft sold Sidewalk to Ticketmaster, which continued to provide guides, ticketing and other information to the MSN network. counselors" to penetrate the buffer zone to talk to patients but requires them to "stop and desist" if a patient expresses a desire to be left alone. |
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