Buffer zones outside abortion clinics should protect women so why are women still being harassed? Women are still waiting for the implementation of a new law to stop abortion clinic harassment ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a case testing laws that establish buffer zones to protect patients and staff going into abortion clinics. In 2000, the court upheld 8-foot ...

That is the case here. Anti-abortion activists can seek to counsel patients until the last five or 10 seconds before they enter the clinic — the time it takes to cross the buffer zone.

A grandmother who was arrested for holding sign near an abortion clinic warns of growing free speech crackdown as lawmakers push to expand controversial “buffer zones" outside such facilities.

Two states have buffer zone laws besides Massachusetts, whose statute the US Supreme Court rejected – and those two look safe. But cities and towns also keep protesters at bay from abortion ...

The case before the Supreme Court involves a controversial Massachusetts law that says no person may enter or remain in the 35-foot buffer zones set up outside abortion clinics in the state. Two ...

The Supreme Court has struck down a Massachusetts law mandating a 35-foot buffer zone around clinics that provide abortion services. Backers of the legislation have said the law treats groups ...

National buffer zone laws at abortion clinics across England and Wales are set to go into effect Thursday, banning any action that aims to influence, obstruct, or harass those accessing or ...

Buffer zones outside abortion clinics in England and Wales will come into force at the end of October - including a ban on people holding silent prayer vigils outside. The move comes more than a ...

When I travelled to a BPAS clinic in the UK in 2020 to access abortion care, there were no buffer zone laws in place to protect me, other service users or staff from harassment and intimidation by ...

This is despite legislation requiring a 150-metre ‘buffer zone’ outside of every abortion clinic in England and Wales being passed – but not yet enforced – this time last year, in May 2023.