It's not enough in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that force birth- pro misery forces protest abortion clinics at city parks near children's play equipment and family events with their vile pictures, or that people living next to abortion clinics must close their drapes or plan to be away on weekly "picket days" to keep their children from seeing horrific placards, now they want to have the 35 foot buffer zone around abortion clinic entrances, exits and driveways, end.
The 2007 MA law makes mandatory a buffer zone to keep patients and providers from being verbally and physically harassed as they go into the clinic. Though they still have to run the gauntlet to get into the 35 foot buffer zone.
In 2010 a concerned and worried husband who had just brought his wife to an abortion clinic, went off on the protesters outside of the buffer zone.
And that was with them 35 feet away.
Now they want to be able to get into the faces of the women and men at the door because they feel that the
law unfairly keeps them from engaging patients in conversations at a closer distance.
- boston.com
During the past two years I've had two women who are very dear to me have abortions. The reasons that had them are actually unimportant to this conversation, but the day of was not a fun day for anyone. No one was dancing, no one was joyous, it wasn't an initiation of any kind, and it was not something that either wanted in an ideal world. But this is not an ideal world.
To think they'd, with all they had been through to that point would then be assaulted at the door by people who don't know the situation, have no medical degree or degree in psychology, who do not respect those of another faith or no faith, and who have not walked in her shoes is anger inducing.
But this morning the Supreme Court agreed to reconsider the constitutionality of the buffer zone law.
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the law, saying it protects rights of prospective patients and clinic employees ‘‘without offending the First Amendment rights of others.’’ - boston.com
The anti-choice brigade want the law thrown out, because you know lining the streets prior to the 35 foot buffer (this is New England, it's not on a grid and often there is only one way in and out) is not enough time or ability to intimidate and bully women and their families.