Passed in 2009 by the Chicago City Council, the ordinance establishes a 50-foot bubble zone around medical facility entrances, including abortion clinics. Inside that zone, pro-life counselors cannot get within eight feet of people entering the clinic.
Attorney Thomas Olp with the Thomas More Society says the counselors are prevented from giving pro-life information to women considering abortion.
The Thomas More Society now is taking the case to the Seventh U.S. Circuit of Appeals to seek the protections for the pro-lifers guaranteed by the Constitution.
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