Louisville abortion clinic buffer zone infringes on First Amendment rights, appeals court finds
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A federal appeals court temporarily barred enforcement of a Louisville, Kentucky, city ordinance that created a buffer zone from demonstrations around abortion clinics.
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The lawsuit against the ordinance was brought by the Sisters for Life of Louisville, Kentucky. The group is a pro-life, religious ministry based in the city that regularly appears outside abortion clinics offering pro-life pregnancy consultation and literature.
"Sisters for Life, several individuals, and another pro-life organization wish to offer leaflets and compassionate, if sometimes unwelcome, speech to women entering abortion clinics in Louisville, Kentucky," the court wrote in its opinion. "But Louisville-Jefferson County limited their speaking and pamphleteering in buffer zones near the entrance of each clinic. Because these limits likely violate the First Amendment[…] we preliminarily enjoin them."
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