#SCOTUS won’t hear challenge to #AbortionClinic buffer zones
At issue was a 25-year precedent that allows local governments to create protest-free buffer zones around all #health-care facilities, not just #abortion clinics.
#law #ReproductiveRights #medicine #doctors #WomensHealth #CivilRights #privacy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/24/supreme-court-abortion-clinic-protest-buffer-zones/
A divided #SCOTUS on Monday turned away a pair of #FreeSpeech challenges by #abortion opponents to city laws in #NewJersey & #Illinois that restrict #protests directly outside #clinics & #hospitals where abortions are performed.
The court declined to reconsider a 25-yr-old precedent that has allowed local govts to create protest-free buffer zones around #healthcare facilities—a ruling that has long been criticized by some #conservative justices.
#law #ReproductiveRights #WomensHealth #privacy
