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Constitutional Law Keyed to Choper
Bray v. Alexandria Women’s Health Clinic
Citation:
506 U.S. 263 (1993)Facts
Operation Rescue and individual petitioners organized demonstrations at abortion clinics in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Their purpose was to disrupt operations at these clinics and ultimately cause them to cease operations entirely. During these “rescue” demonstrations, petitioners would trespass on clinic property and physically block access, preventing patients, physicians, and staff from entering. The demonstrations often overwhelmed local law enforcement’s ability to maintain access to the clinics. Evidence showed that 20-30% of patients at some targeted clinics traveled from out of state. The District Court found that petitioners’ blockades created substantial risk that patients might suffer physical or mental harm, particularly those who had begun medical procedures such as laminaria insertion that required timely follow-up care. The respondent clinics sought an injunction against these activities, arguing that petitioners had conspired to deprive women of their constitutional rights in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3).
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