Anti-Abortion Protester Seeks Quick Action on Buffer Zone Suit

A Colorado woman is seeking prompt action in an appeal from a decision upholding laws that limit her protests outside abortion facilities so that she can get the question back in front of the US Supreme Court.

Wendy Faustin, a “sidewalk counselor” whose protests consist of closely approaching people outside such facilities and persuading them not to have the procedure, urged the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday to quickly decide on the constitutionality of Colorado’s and Denver’s “buffer zone” provisions. She conceded that the laws are virtually identical to one the top court upheld in ...