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Posts Tagged ‘Jackie Barbic’

City buffer zone, separating abortion patients from protesters, faces lawsuit in federal court

By Puck Lo | November 7, 2009 | 1

Oakland, like some other cities, requires right-to-life protesters to keep a certain distance from women entering or leaving abortion clinics. But clinic escorts–those who accompany women past the sidewalk protesters–face no such restriction. A lawsuit has pushed the issue into federal court.

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