3d Cir. holds that Pittsburgh's ordinance preventing demonstrating w/in a buffer zone around abortion clinics does not apply to sidewalk counseling by pro-life activists.
Both the activists and the City had assumed the ordinance applied. TWIST! www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/18108…
Both the activists and the City had assumed the ordinance applied. TWIST! www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/18108…
This is a bit of a twist. The pro-life activists had been staying out of the buffer zone on the assumption it applied to them.
The City, when sued, argued that it did indeed apply to them.
Court: nope.
The City, when sued, argued that it did indeed apply to them.
Court: nope.
Concurring Judge Hardiman explains what he believes this means for the future of the ordinance and activities outside the two abortion clinics in question.
