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Pro-life group warns Canada could become ‘one giant bubble zone’ after Toronto’s new restrictions

Campaign Life Coalition warns Toronto’s new ‘bubble zones’ bylaw demonstrates that the laws now target churches, schools – far beyond their original aim at pro-life activists.

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Anthony Murdoch

• May 29, 2025May 30, 2025

Toronto to ban all protests near schools and places of worship, prompting backlash

The Toronto City Council, which passed the motion last week 16-9, is facing criticism for restricting citizens’ freedom of speech and assembly.

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Anthony Murdoch

• May 27, 2025May 27, 2025

Illinois city repeals ‘buffer zone’ law to avoid scrutiny for silencing pro-lifers

Carbondale, Illinois, used last-minute legal gamesmanship in order to escape constitutional accountability before the Supreme Court while facing a lawsuit from the pro-life organization Coalition Life.

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Thomas More Society

• Feb 25, 2025

Justice Thomas rips Supreme Court for allowing cities to censor pro-life speech

Justice Clarence Thomas criticized his fellow justices for the ‘abdication’ of their ‘judicial duty’ in allowing pro-abortion ‘buffer zones’ to continue.

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Matt Lamb

• Feb 25, 2025Feb 25, 2025

UK pro-lifer again harassed by police while silently praying near abortion center

In support of Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, ADF International stated on X (formerly Twitter), 'Nobody should be banned from a public area just because of their beliefs. THIS is two-tier policing.'

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Dorothy Cummings McLean

• Feb 10, 2025Feb 11, 2025

Supreme Court to review Illinois bubble zone law, potentially restoring pro-life free speech

A challenge to Carbondale, Illinois’s, law creating ‘bubble zones’ outside abortion centers presents an opportunity for the Supreme Court to reverse its 24-year-old Hill precedent infringing on pro-life sidewalk counselors’ freedom of speech.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Jan 9, 2025Jan 9, 2025

Pro-lifers ask Supreme Court to overturn decision allowing ‘bubble zones’ around abortion centers

Coalition Life, represented by Thomas More Society and former US Solicitor General Paul Clement, is asking the Supreme Court to overturn its widely criticized Hill v. Colorado decision, which allows state and local governments to ban pro-life speech near abortion facilities.

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Thomas More Society

• Jul 17, 2024

Linda Gibbons arrested for 4th time after skipping court to witness outside abortion clinic

75-year-old pro-life heroine Linda Gibbons appears undaunted in her mission to save the unborn, deciding to skip a court hearing today in favor of witnessing in front of a Toronto abortion clinic despite the inevitable consequences.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Jun 26, 2024Jun 27, 2024

77% of Scots oppose nation’s proposed abortion buffer zone bill: poll

If the bill becomes law, it will introduce the world’s most extreme buffer zone law in Scotland, with pro-lifers being barred from witnessing or praying within 200 meters of an abortion facility.

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Right To Life UK

• Apr 25, 2024Apr 26, 2024

14 states urge Supreme Court to strike down bubble zone laws stifling peaceful pro-life activism

Sidewalk counselor Debra Vitagliano's 'case presents an ideal opportunity for the Supreme Court to right Hill’s wrong and protect all those who want to serve abortion-vulnerable women,' a religious liberty legal firm said.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Aug 29, 2023Aug 30, 2023

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Pro-life group warns Canada could become ‘one giant bubble zone’ after Toronto’s new restrictions

Toronto to ban all protests near schools and places of worship, prompting backlash

Illinois city repeals ‘buffer zone’ law to avoid scrutiny for silencing pro-lifers

Justice Thomas rips Supreme Court for allowing cities to censor pro-life speech

UK pro-lifer again harassed by police while silently praying near abortion center

Supreme Court to review Illinois bubble zone law, potentially restoring pro-life free speech

Pro-lifers ask Supreme Court to overturn decision allowing ‘bubble zones’ around abortion centers

Linda Gibbons arrested for 4th time after skipping court to witness outside abortion clinic

77% of Scots oppose nation’s proposed abortion buffer zone bill: poll

14 states urge Supreme Court to strike down bubble zone laws stifling peaceful pro-life activism