Pro-Life Advocate to Challenge San Diego Ordinance Limiting Speech Outside Abortion Clinics

The new ordinance puts the burden on the demonstrator to seek permission to come within eight feet of someone who is within 100 feet of the protected location.

Pro-life protesters stand outside the Texas state capitol in Austin, Texas, on May 29, 2021. Sergio Flores/Getty Images

Lawyers for a pro-life advocate say they will ask a federal court to block a new San Diego ordinance that restricts speech outside abortion facilities.

The longtime activist, Roger Lopez, is a retired grandfather who has been counseling outside of local abortion clinics for 15 years.