Minneapolis softens law on obstructing abortion clinics in response to free-speech lawsuit
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis has softened an ordinance that prohibited obstructing entrances and driveways to abortion clinics after anti-abortion activists sued to challenge it on free-speech grounds. The City Council this month quietly amended the ordinance to exclude constitutionally protected activities and agreed to pay the plaintiffs’ legal fees. Brian Gibson, chief executive officer of Pro-Life Action Ministries, said Friday it amounted to an admission by the city that the law violated the freedom of speech. The final judgement in favor of Pro-Life Action Ministries and three of its sidewalk counselors was filed in federal court Thursday.
