Constitutional Rights

IN-DEPTH: Florida Pro-Life Preacher Arrested for Using Public Sidewalk

Attorneys and legal groups say local laws prohibiting pro-life counselors from using public sidewalks outside abortion clinics are unconstitutional.
IN-DEPTH: Florida Pro-Life Preacher Arrested for Using Public Sidewalk
The city of Clearwater, Fla., has banned the public from using the sidewalk in front of an abortion center when it is operating. Courtesy of Deb Maxwell
Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
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Pedestrians in Clearwater, Florida, have no choice but to break the law or hover in the air over the sidewalk when traveling past the Bread and Roses Women’s Health Center, an abortion facility on Highland Avenue.

They can’t walk on the sidewalk or the road in that area during business hours.

Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
Reporter
Beth Brelje is a former reporter with The Epoch Times. Ms. Brelje previously worked in radio for 20 years and after moving to print, worked at Pocono Record and Reading Eagle.
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