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anti-abortion activist who plants herself outside a planned parenthood in boston. she posed no threat. and it frustrates her attempts to talk to women entering the clinic. buffer zones weren t enacted because of peaceful grandma types. buffer zones were a response to over 4700 incidents of clinic violence and over 140 clinic blockades that have occurred since 1995. buffer stozones were a response eight murders, 17 attempted murders, and 42 bombings that have targets women seeking abortions and the men and women who have provided them since 1997. that s why the buffer zone exists. but that violent history is not something justice scalia
justices are okay, but buffer zones protecting women seek abortions, those, quote, burdened substantially more speech than necessary to achieve the commonwealth s asserted interests according to the opinion written by chief justice john roberts. the court argued that this space restricts protesters free speech and restricts access to sidewalks and other public spaces. but there is a reason these buffer zones exist in the first place. buffer zones were a response to over 4700 incidents of clinic violence and over 150 clinic blockades, ones that have occurred since 1995. buffer zones were a response to the eight murders and 17 attempted murders, the 42 bombings and the 181 arson cases that have targeted women seeking abortions and men and women who have provided them since 1977. in the state of massachusetts buffer zones were in response to incidents like this one.