A Norman, Okla., noise ordinance doesn’t violate anti-abortion protesters’ free speech or exercise rights and isn’t unconstitutionally vague, the Tenth Circuit said Wednesday.
The city law, which prohibits playing “or creating loud or unusual sounds,” wasn’t directed at specific speech, infected with religious animus, or enforced solely against anti-abortion demonstrators, the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit said, affirming summary judgment for the city.
Toby Harmon, Shane Dodson, and Tammi Dodson are “sidewalk counselors” who demonstrate outside the Abortion Surgery Center in Norman. They alleged that the city’s noise ordinance—which dates back to the 1970s and addresses five ...
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