[Apologetics] Abortion foes get boost from ruling

[Stephen Korsman]

Abortion foes get boost from ruling

A unanimous Supreme Court says federal extortion and racketeering laws don't apply to protesters outside clinics.

Washington - A 20-year-old legal fight over protests outside abortion clinics ended Tuesday with the Supreme Court ruling that federal extortion and racketeering laws cannot be used against demonstrators. 
The 8-0 decision was a setback for abortion clinics that were buoyed when the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals kept their case alive two years ago despite the high court's 2003 ruling that had cleared the way for lifting a nationwide injunction on anti-abortion leader Joseph Scheidler and others. 

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_3556570?source=rss

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Stephen Korsman
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www.theotokos.co.za

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