United States v. George Wilson

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

At issue is the constitutionality of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (“Access Act”), 18 U.S.C. § 248, which proscribes physical obstruction of facilities providing reproductive health services. The dis*677trict court held that the Access Act exceeded Congress’s power to legislate under both the Commerce Clause and Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment. United States v. Wilson, 880 F.Supp. 621 (E.D.Wis.1995). Every other federal court to address the issue has upheld the constitutionality of the Access Act, including two circuit courts. American Life League,…