Pro-Life News

San Francisco's Proposed Buffer Zone Law
Would Chill Protesters' Free Speech Rights

Anti-abortion advocates in San Francisco would have a tougher time getting their message out to the patients, staff and volunteers entering and leaving abortion clinics under a proposed anti-harassment law headed to the Board of Supervisors for consideration. The proposal would shift the burden to protesters to get the consent of people before they approach to hand them a leaflet, display a sign or engage in oral protest or counseling. They would have to ask for permission from outside an 8-foot buffer zone. The law would apply within 100 feet of a health clinic. Posted by Editor at August 4, 2003 09:33 AM