Measure expands abortion clinic 'bubble' [View all]
Source: SF Chronicle
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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In the wake of North Dakota, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and other Republican states going back in time and defying Roe v. Wade, San Francisco Supervisor Campos is a refreshing change.
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