Protest Buffer Zone

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Third Circuit <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/protestzone.pdf"><strong>upheld</strong></a> a Pittsburgh city ordinance requiring a 15-foot buffer zone for protesters outside of health care facilities, including Planned Parenthood. The buffer does not “impose a significant burden on speech.”</span>

PITTSBURGH – The Third Circuit upheld a Pittsburgh city ordinance requiring a 15-foot buffer zone for protesters outside of health care facilities, including Planned Parenthood. The buffer does not “impose a significant burden on speech.”

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