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July 3, 2008

Ninth Circuit: Activists May Display Photos of Aborted Fetuses Near Middle School

Gavel_scales_2 LA Times: Federal court upholds abortion foes' 1st Amendment rights, by Victoria Kim:

The 1st Amendment rights of two anti-abortion activists were violated when they were ordered to stop circling a Rancho Palos Verdes middle school in a truck displaying graphic photos of aborted fetuses, a federal appellate court ruled Wednesday.

Overturning an earlier district court judgment, a U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel unanimously ruled that school officials and sheriff's deputies violated the men's free speech rights by ordering them to leave the school's neighborhood.

July 3, 2008 in Abortion, Anti-Choice Movement, In the Courts | Permalink

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