Supreme Court declines case challenging Pittsburgh abortion laws

Published January 11, 2021 12:00am ET



The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to laws in Pittsburgh requiring free speech "buffer zones" around abortion clinics.

The laws, which require that anti-abortion demonstrators leave a 15-foot space between themselves and abortion clinics, faced scrutiny in 2019. At that time, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that protests are not allowed in these zones, but one-on-one "sidewalk counseling" is permissible.

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