McGuire v. Reilly

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is the second appearance here of a case challenging a state law regulating speech and activities within a buffer zone around health care facilities which perform abortions. Three plaintiffs, women who are regular pro-life “sidewalk counselors,” appeal from an entry of summary judgment against their First Amendment attacks, both facial and as-applied, on the Massachusetts statute. We address whether the prior opinion of this court precludes plaintiffs’ facial attack, the effect of several exemptions under the statute as interpreted by the Attorney General, and…