Cert. Petition Filed In Challenge To Restrictions On Abortion Clinic Sidewalk Counseling

Last week (June 7), a petition for certiorari (full text) was filed in Price v. City of Chicago. In the case, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (full text of decision) upheld Chicago's floating "bubble zone" ban on sidewalk counseling outside abortion clinics. The 7th Circuit relied on a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision which has not been overruled. However the 7th Circuit said that the 2000 case has been "unsettled" by later Supreme Court decisions. Thomas More Society issued a press release announcing the filing of the petition seeking Supreme Court review.