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

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

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

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” ...

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 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 ...

The Supreme Court rejects challenges to abortion clinic buffer zone laws in Illinois and New Jersey, surprising observers.