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

Abortion opponents wanted the Supreme Court to scrap protest restrictions around clinics. Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito ...

The Supreme Court turned away two appeals asking the justices to overrule a 25-year-old decision that allowed for buffer ...

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

Pro-choice and pro-life advocates are assessing the impact of several recent moves by the federal government related to ...

The Supreme Court turned down an opportunity to overturn its precedent permitting buffer zones around abortion clinics over ...

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.

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

The Supreme Court opted against hearing arguments in a pair of appeals Monday seeking to wipe out protest buffer zones around ...

Cities argued that the restrictions were enacted to curb disturbing behavior from protesters outside health care facilities.

The Supreme Court has declined to hear a pair of cases from abortion opponents who say laws limiting anti-abortion ...

On Monday, the Supreme Court handed abortion rights advocates ... limiting protesters’ actions near the entrances of abortion clinics. But, experts say that even though this result is positive, ...