Abortion clinic buffer law upheld
Martin Finucane reports in The Boston Globe:
But Tim Chandler – legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, which helped represent the plaintiffs – said antiabortion advocates “shouldn’t be penalized for expressing their beliefs.’’
“The government cannot single them out for punishment simply because they want to share their message with people entering the clinic,’’ Chandler said in a statement. “The government simply cannot create censorship zones where the First Amendment does not apply in order to silence a particular viewpoint.’’ He said the fund and its allies were evaluating the “next legal step.’’