WEST PALM BEACH -- City commissioners on Monday approved a law that will prohibit anti-abortion protesters from coming any closer than 20 feet to the driveways of the last remaining Palm Beach County clinic that provides abortions, nearly three months after someone set fire to it. When the votes were cast,
they applauded for 15 seconds. As they filed out of the chambers, they hugged, pecked each other on the cheek and whooped with glee. The "buffer law" also applies to all other medical facilities in the city. The law takes effect on Oct. 6, meaning "sidewalk counseling" can take place outside the abortion clinic for one more Saturday, the busiest day, without the buffer zone.
Posted by Editor at September 27, 2005 10:44 AM
