October 18, 2019
A Pittsburgh ordinance prohibiting anti-abortion protesters within 15 feet of the entrance to a women's health clinic passed constitutional muster, as long as participants were still allowed to offer quiet "sidewalk counseling" within the zone, the Third Circuit ruled Friday.
February 06, 2019
Five anti-abortion activists urged the Third Circuit for the second time on Wednesday to revive their constitutional challenge to a 15-foot buffer zone the city of Pittsburgh instituted around a women's health clinic, arguing the city didn't follow court orders that it show it had tried alternatives that didn't restrict the activists' speech.