Katie Short When I first heard that the Supreme Court’s opinion in McCullen v. Coakley, the case challenging Massachusetts’s 35-foot abortion clinic buffer zone law, was unanimous, I was disappointed. I knew that a unanimous decision, one that had “Something for Everyone” as Justice Scalia put it, would be narrower and weaker than a hard-hitting […]
Give and Take, Supreme Court Style Read More »
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court today struck down a 2007 Massachusetts law that created 35-foot no-entry zones around the entrances and driveways of abortion clinics in that state. The law made it a crime to “enter or remain” within the zone, unless one fell under one of the four exemptions for patients, clinic
U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Massachusetts Buffer Law – Victory for Free Speech! Read More »
CASES RESOLVED: People v. Reeves (Calif.)—Sidewalk counselor arrested for trespass in public parking lot near Planned Parenthood in Sacramento. Victory!: Charges dismissed. Huntsville v. Fecteau (Alabama)—71- year-old grandmother and sidewalk counselor arrested for purported harassment and accused of spraying holy water in the direction of two pro-abort protesters. Victory!: Judge found Ms. Fecteau not guilty
General Recap & Update (Fall 2013) Read More »
[This article was printed in Lifeline Vol. XXIII, No. 1 (Winter 2014) [PDF] CASES TO WATCH: Mississippi v. Ester Mann, Harriet Ashley, and Ron Nederhoed (Miss.)—Sidewalk counselors arrested for obstructing the sidewalk while peacefully praying and holding signs on the public sidewalk outside Mississippi’s last standing abortion clinic, the Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Jackson Police Department officers claim that