Massachusetts Reproductive Health Care Facilities Act (as amended in 2007)
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The Massachusetts Reproductive Health Care Facilities Act (as amended in 2007) was a state law that created fixed buffer zones around abortion clinics to regulate protests and patient access, later struck down on First Amendment grounds in McCullen v. Coakley.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Massachusetts Reproductive Health Care Facilities Act (as amended in 2007) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7476279 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Massachusetts Reproductive Health Care Facilities Act (as amended in 2007) Context triple: [McCullen v. Coakley, lawChallenged, Massachusetts Reproductive Health Care Facilities Act (as amended in 2007)]
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A.
Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act
The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act is a U.S. federal law that protects access to reproductive health services by prohibiting the use or threat of force, obstruction, or property damage against clinics, providers, and patients.
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B.
Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act of 1982
The Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act of 1982 is a state law that imposed various restrictions on abortion, several of which were challenged and reviewed in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
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C.
Stenberg v. Carhart
Stenberg v. Carhart is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a Nebraska law banning so-called “partial-birth abortion” as unconstitutional for lacking a health exception for the mother and imposing an undue burden on abortion access.
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D.
Planned Parenthood v. Abbott
Planned Parenthood v. Abbott is a 2013 federal court case in which abortion providers challenged Texas restrictions that imposed stringent requirements on abortion clinics and physicians, arguing they placed an undue burden on women seeking abortions.
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E.
Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Jackson Women’s Health Organization was the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi and the plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Massachusetts Reproductive Health Care Facilities Act (as amended in 2007) Target entity description: The Massachusetts Reproductive Health Care Facilities Act (as amended in 2007) was a state law that created fixed buffer zones around abortion clinics to regulate protests and patient access, later struck down on First Amendment grounds in McCullen v. Coakley.
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A.
Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act
The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act is a U.S. federal law that protects access to reproductive health services by prohibiting the use or threat of force, obstruction, or property damage against clinics, providers, and patients.
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B.
Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act of 1982
The Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act of 1982 is a state law that imposed various restrictions on abortion, several of which were challenged and reviewed in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
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C.
Stenberg v. Carhart
Stenberg v. Carhart is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a Nebraska law banning so-called “partial-birth abortion” as unconstitutional for lacking a health exception for the mother and imposing an undue burden on abortion access.
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D.
Planned Parenthood v. Abbott
Planned Parenthood v. Abbott is a 2013 federal court case in which abortion providers challenged Texas restrictions that imposed stringent requirements on abortion clinics and physicians, arguing they placed an undue burden on women seeking abortions.
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E.
Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Jackson Women’s Health Organization was the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi and the plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abortion clinic buffer zone law
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state statute ⓘ |
| affectedRight |
expressive activity on public sidewalks
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leafleting near clinic entrances ⓘ one-on-one sidewalk counseling ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
public ways and sidewalks adjacent to reproductive health care facilities
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reproductive health care facilities providing abortions ⓘ |
| challengedBy |
Eleanor McCullen
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anti-abortion sidewalk counselors ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted | First Amendment free speech clause as applied to public sidewalks ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| created |
fixed buffer zones around reproductive health care facilities
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speech-free zones around clinic entrances and driveways ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | floating buffer zone laws in other jurisdictions ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | Massachusetts state and local law enforcement authorities ⓘ |
| foundToBe | not narrowly tailored to serve significant governmental interests ⓘ |
| governmentInterestAsserted |
preventing harassment and intimidation of patients
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public safety ⓘ unimpeded access to health care facilities ⓘ |
| impact |
clarified constitutional limits on clinic buffer zone laws
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influenced subsequent state and local regulations of abortion clinic protests ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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linked to:
Massachusetts
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| legalCharacterization | content-neutral time, place, and manner regulation (as argued by the state) ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
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access to abortion clinics ⓘ freedom of speech ⓘ regulation of protests ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Massachusetts General Court ⓘ |
| purpose |
to protect patient access to reproductive health care facilities
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to regulate protests outside reproductive health care facilities ⓘ |
| regulates |
conduct near reproductive health care facilities
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protests near abortion clinics ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
abortion clinic protest regulations in the United States
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abortion rights in the United States ⓘ |
| status | struck down as unconstitutional ⓘ |
| struckDownBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| struckDownInCase | McCullen v. Coakley ⓘ |
| struckDownOnGrounds | violation of the First Amendment free speech clause ⓘ |
| subjectOf | McCullen v. Coakley ⓘ |
| typeOfRestriction | fixed buffer zone ⓘ |
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Subject: Massachusetts Reproductive Health Care Facilities Act (as amended in 2007) Description of subject: The Massachusetts Reproductive Health Care Facilities Act (as amended in 2007) was a state law that created fixed buffer zones around abortion clinics to regulate protests and patient access, later struck down on First Amendment grounds in McCullen v. Coakley.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
McCullen v. Coakley
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lawChallenged
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Massachusetts Reproductive Health Care Facilities Act (as amended in 2007)
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