Wisconsin Supreme Court says an order against an anti-abortion protester violated First Amendment

AP via CBS ^ | June 27, 2024 / 3:07 PM CDT

[GonzoII]

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an order barring an anti-abortion protester from coming close to a Planned Parenthood nurse violated his First Amendment free speech rights and must be overturned.

The court, controlled 4-3 by liberals, ruled unanimously in ordering that the injunction be dismissed.

A Trempealeu County judge in 2020 barred Brian Aish from being near nurse Nancy Kindschy who sometimes worked in a small family planning clinic in the western Wisconsin city of Blair. Kindschy said Aish threatened her by saying bad things would happen to her or her family if she didn't quit her job.

Aish had argued that his comments, made from a public sidewalk, were protected free speech under the First Amendment. The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed.

[GonzoII]

" .. The court, controlled 4-3 by liberals, ruled unanimously.. Kindschy has since retired and the clinic where she worked is now closed.

An affirmation of the power of prayer. ;0)

[Gene Eric]

+1

[Gay State Conservative]

Yah...he probably told her that God would punish her for doing what she’s doing.

[EQAndyBuzz]

And with this decision, every abortion protester can have their convictions overturned on appeal.

[Gay State Conservative]

That would seem to be the case...in Wisconsin. But other states do it too. In my home state,The Gay State (Massachusetts),there are laws that say that if you get within a half mile of an abortion mill with a sign you can do two years in state prison.

Well,I engaged in a bit of hyperbole there...but you can be in serious trouble for even holding a sign.