McCullen v. Coakley
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the Court 1
Held Unconstitutional
M.G.L.A. c. 266, §§ 120E1/2(b-d)
Syllabus *
In 2007, Massachusetts amended its Reproductive Health Care Facilities Act, which had been enacted in 2000 to address clashes between abortion opponents and advocates of abortion rights outside clinics where abortions were performed. The amended version of the Act makes it a crime to knowingly stand on a "public way or sidewalk" within 35 feet of an entrance or driveway to any "reproductive health care facility," defined as "a place, other than within or upon the grounds of a hospital, where abortions are offered or performed."…
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2Cases cited49 opinions
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