(San Fran) Campos proposes Planned Parenthood buffer zone
The days of anti-abortion protesters confronting visitors in front of Planned Parenthood in San Francisco may be numbered.
Supervisor David Campos is proposing a new ordinance that would create a 25-foot buffer zone around facilities offering reproductive services. A current law recognizes an eight-foot “bubble” around individuals within 100 feet of the facility, but protesters can get around that by standing in one spot.
To learn what led to Campos’ move and to hear a reaction from an anti-abortion activist, read more here.
http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2013/03/18/campos-proposes-planned-parenthood-buffer-zone/
Antiabortion protesters will no longer be able to stand directly in front of Planned Parenthood and other San Francisco clinics that offer reproductive services if one city supervisor has his way.
Supervisor David Campos is planning to introduce legislation Tuesday that would create a 25-foot buffer zone around the entrances, exits and driveways of those facilities, excluding hospitals. He and supporters of the proposal say it would spare women who use the facilities from harassment.
"We respect the right of people to have freedom of expression," Campos said. "What is happening is more than that - it's intimidation."
A city law passed in 1993 created an 8-foot "bubble zone" around anyone who is within 100 feet of a health care facility, but Campos said that has been ineffective. Demonstrators, he said, get around the law by staying in one spot and not approaching clinic visitors.
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