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WLP's Annual Party, Friday, December 4th - Don't Miss it!

Please make plans to attend the WLP's Annual Party on Friday, December 4, at the Marketplace Design Center in Philadelphia. This event is a fun evening for all, with good food, a beer and wine open bar, live music, and special entertainment for the children. Our silent auction and raffle prizes are legendary. See more information about the WLP Party!

U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Modified Pittsburgh Buffer Zone Law

On October 30, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued an 83-page ruling in Brown v. City of Pittsburgh, in which an anti-abortion protester challenged the constitutionality of Pittsburgh’s Medical Safety Zone Ordinance.  Chief Justice Scirica, writing for a three-judge panel that included Judges Ambro and Smith, upheld the constitutionality of both operative provisions of the ordinance —a 15-foot fixed no-protest zone around clinic entrances and a floating 8-foot personal bubble zone of protection around each person approaching the clinic.  The court determined that both zones are content-neutral and consistent with the First Amendment speech and free exercise clauses, the Equal Protection Clause, and the Pennsylvania Religious Freedom Protection Act. See full press release.

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