NY attorney general: Abortion buffer zones intact

[hrmjustin]

By MICHAEL VIRTANEN, AP

New York's attorney general told police Thursday that legal buffer zones around abortion clinics are intact in 22 of the state's counties despite the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down the 35-foot protest-free zone outside clinics in Massachusetts.

In an open letter to law enforcement agencies, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said his office won't let anti-abortion activists use "a narrowly targeted" court decision to create confusion. The court ruling affirmed that states can protect their interest in ensuring access to reproductive health services, he said.

New York City law sets a 15-foot buffer zone in front of clinics. A federal court in Buffalo issued an injunction in 2005 requiring protesters to abide by a 15-foot zone at clinics in 17 counties in western New York.

http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-Top-Stories-c-2014-07-10-88583.113122-NY-attorney-general-Abortion-buffer-zones-intact.html

[randys1]

1. What needs to be done is THOUSANDS of pro CHOICE people need to show up at any

and all clinics around the country and out scream and out intimidate these pricks

Makes me furious to think of the states where Women cant get abortions or healthcare anymore...

[hrmjustin]

2. And that these states get away with laws that change the regulations on facilities that

do these procedures. Some states have no clinics because of these laws.

[randys1]

3. Yes, we should send the Natl Guard into those states, force the clinics open and protect

them with federal troops

[hrmjustin]

4. Sounds like a plan.