At issue was a 25-year precedent that allows local governments to create protest-free buffer zones around all health-care ...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to the legality of buffer zones used to protect access to ...

The two cases questioned a longstanding precedent that upheld such laws, which opponents say violate free speech rights.

Justices Thomas and Alito dissented from the court’s refusal to reconsider a 25-year-old precedent upholding “buffer zones” ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away two appeals from abortion rights opponents asking the justices to ...

In July, Coalition Life petitioned the Supreme Court to review the Carbondale case in hopes of overturning the Hill decision.

The Supreme Court refused Monday to take up a First Amendment case to revisit a previous ruling enshrining abortion clinic buffer zone laws, earning a fiery dissent from Justice Thomas.

That decision in Hill v. Colorado upheld a state law that established 100-foot buffer zones outside all health-care facilities — not just abortion clinics — and prohibited approaching a person ...

Pro-life activists in the case argued that "buffer zones" – which were established after a previous Supreme Court decision in Colorado to shield patients from harassment – around abortion ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away two appeals from abortion rights opponents asking the justices to overrule a 25-year-old decision that allowed for buffer zones around ...