Federal judge upholds 'bubble ordinance' for abortion protesters
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - 02:28
in Health & Medicine
The Oakland ordinance prohibits protesters from coming within 8 feet of patients entering abortion clinics. A Baptist minister had challenged the law after being convicted of violating it last year. A clash in Oakland between freedom of speech and unfettered access to abortion clinics was resolved Tuesday when a federal judge ruled that a 2008 city ordinance barring abortion protesters from coming within...