Supreme Court rejects challenges to abortion clinic ‘buffer zone’ laws that restrict protesters

“The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider overturning a 25-year-old precedent that upheld “buffer zone” laws limiting how close protesters can get to abortion clinic entrances.

In a setback for abortion opponents, the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority hostile to abortion rights, opted against weighing whether such laws violate the free speech rights of protesters under the Constitution’s First Amendment….”