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SCOTUS Strikes Down Abortion Clinic ‘Buffer’ Zone

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06.26.14 | 10:42 am
Alan Hoyle, of Lincolnton, N.C., stands outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, where the court heard arguments on a state of Massachusetts law setting a 35-foot (10 meter) protest-free zon... Alan Hoyle, of Lincolnton, N.C., stands outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, where the court heard arguments on a state of Massachusetts law setting a 35-foot (10 meter) protest-free zone outside abortion clinics. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) MORE LESS

On Thursday the Supreme Court unanimously struck down a 35-foot protest-free “buffer” zone outside abortion clinics in Massachusetts. The justices ruled that the zone violates the First Amendment rights of protesters.

Read the opinion below:

Brendan James