Supreme Court to reexamine application of RICO to pro-life protests (AP)

[stumbler]

Tuesday June 28, 2005 3:31 PM

By GINA HOLLAND
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday intervened again in a long-running fight over protests outside abortion clinics.

Justices said they will consider whether an anti-abortion group’s campaign against abortions, conducted outside these clinics 20 years ago, may have violated federal racketeering and extortion laws.

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[David_Paul]

This is a win for pro-life. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea to lift an injunction (based on RICO) already in force. The National Organization for Woman filed this in 1994. N.O.W. has been dragging their RICO charges against pro-lifers through court after court, trying to bleed them dry.

Here is what the N.O.W. website has to say about the court agreeing to take the case:

"Of course they want to have the injunction lifted," Gandy said. "They want to return to the days of using physical assault to terrorize patients and providers as a way to shut down these clinics. But even if they win, they won’t be able to do that–if they return to the violence we will pursue them under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act."