40 Days for Life
New Chicago Ordinance Targets 40 Days for Life, Tramples Pro-Life Americans' Free Speech Rights
Published in Health Business Week, October 23rd, 2009
"You know a law is an improper intrusion on First Amendment rights when even the American Civil Liberties Union sides with pro-life interests in opposing certain aspects of a legislative action," said David Bereit, national director of 40 Days for Life. "Such is the case with the new bubble zone ordinance, approved Wednesday by Chicago's city council, which unconstitutionally restricts the peaceful activities of pro-life individuals on the sidewalk in front of abortion facilities in an attempt to cripple the ongoing 40 Days for Life prayer vigils."
The new city ordinance could not only block sidewalk counseling and the display of pro-life signs within 50 feet of all...
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Source: Health Business Week (2009-10-23)
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