Anti-Abortion Group Sues to Lift California Vax Site Buffer (1)

An anti-abortion group sued California in federal court Wednesday to invalidate a new law prohibiting protesters from coming within 30 feet of patients entering vaccination sites and within 100 feet of a site’s entrance or exit.

The law, known as SB 742, will prevent Right to Life of Central California’s sidewalk counselors from approaching women on public rights of way outside a Fresno, Calif., abortion clinic to speak “kindly and peacefully” about their resources and support services, the complaint says.

The case is a pre-enforcement challenge that asks the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California to ...