Law Review: Balancing Public Safety and Freedom of Speech Outside Reproductive Healthcare Facilities – McCullen v. Coakley

First Amendment – Balancing Public Safety and Freedom of Speech Outside Reproductive Healthcare Facilities – McCullen v. Coakley 571 F.3D 167
Robert P. Orthman, 6 J. Health & Biomedical L. 159 (2010)

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In McCullen v. Coakley . . . the First Circuit correctly determined that the Massachusetts buffer zone law struck an appropriate balance between protecting an individual’s right to reproductive services and upholding the right of individuals to demonstrate outside those clinics.