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more about #abortionclinics more comments → mischiefmanager: Congrats, MA! Here in Pittsburgh we adopted a similar law a couple of years ago and it's made a huge difference. The antis can't crowd around the do... more » My_Latest_Incarnation: I lived in a fairly conservative state with a huge buffer zone. Protesters were so far away from clinics they were across the street...which rendered ... more » AthertonMerriweather: This makes me less mad that our state is taking funding aways from the zoos and the animals are going to die :( more » stoprobbers: What's that you say? You can't harass, injure, maul, or intimidate people making a legal choice? Well, I'll be damned. more » Spaceman Bill Leah: Wicked smaht move, MA. more » jemandtheholograms: Oh, Massachusetts. This is almost enough to make me stop hating you as an entire state. Congratulations! more » ides: Yay! How nice for people to be able to walk into a medical center without having people close enough to touch. more » NefariousNewt: The anti-choice crowd never had a chance. The rule simply states they can't stand in front of the clinic and block it from operating normally. They ca... more » Sputnik_Sweetheart: My homestate is making me really happy lately. more » DutchessOfDork: We are doing this! more » EkaterinaBallerina: Massachusetts, you are seriously making me reconsider my devotion to the Tri-State area. more » mbprice: Sheesh, the next thing you're gonna tell me is I can't yell fire in a crowded theater! Seriously excellent news. The anti-choicers will hate it, of c... more » CollegeCamel: Go Mass! I am disappointed that this was even a problem to some people though. For fuck's sake, 35 feet is still pretty damn close. You can make your ... more » DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Sadly not such good news in Arizona. http://www.kxxv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10720407&nav=menu509_2 more » CurtCole: Wow, is this Feminist Day or something? I'm going to get gout from eating up all this good news! more » -
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MA Upholds "Buffer Zone" Law For Abortion Clinics
A Massachusetts appeals court has ruled to uphold a law that provides a 35-foot safety buffer zone around the entrance to abortion clinics. The law, described as "content-neutral," was found not to infringe on free speech. [FeministDailyNews, BostonGlobe] -
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Abortion Clinics, Activists Fear For The Future
In yesterday's Times, Anne Baker describes abortion counseling as her "dream job," but as her generation nears retirement, she worries that young women aren't interested in taking over the fight for choice. More »
