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Poll: Public wants abortion clinic buffer zones

By Paul Bedard
Published June 26, 2014 4:52pm ET
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Poll: Public wants abortion clinic buffer zones
This photo taken Dec. 17, 2013 shows anti-abortion protester Eleanor McCullen, of Boston, left, standing at the painted edge of a buffer zone outside a Planned Parenthood location in Boston. AP Photo

Nearly six in 10 Americans believe states should be allowed to create anti-protest “buffer zones” around abortion clinics, defying a new Supreme Court ruling on the issue.

A poll from the St. Leo University Polling Institute found that 57 percent support the buffer zones, 28 percent don’t.

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