A “skeptical” Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals heard the Louisville metro government defend its policy of establishing a 10 foot buffer zone in front of the EMW Women’s Surgical Center. The Louisville City Council enacted the buffer zone in May 2021. EMW is the lone abortion provider in Kentucky.

“Sisters for Life, a Christian anti-abortion nonprofit group also based in Louisville, opposed the city ordinance establishing the buffer zone in a June 2021 federal lawsuit,” Dave Byrne reported. “It argues that barring ministers from EMW’s front entrance violates free speech and religious freedom rights, and endangers what it called a ‘life-saving sidewalk ministry.’”

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