Court Invalidates City Ordinance Banning Anti-Abortion Activists from Clinic's Driveway

Court Invalidates City Ordinance Banning Anti-Abortion Activists from Clinic's Driveway

Anti-abortion activists have the right to hand leaflets to women in the driveway of a Clearwater abortion clinic, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. In a 2-to-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit tossed a trial judge’s decision preventing the Florida Preborn Rescue organization from entering within five feet of the Bread and Roses Women’s Health Center’s driveway. The clinic's “buffer zone” was a 38-foot stretch of…