The abortion distortion
By Phil Lawler ( bio - articles - email ) | Jul 10, 2003
American law-enforcement officials continue to twist laws into pretzel shape in order to accommodate the abortion industry. The latest absurdity comes from Massachusetts, where a new court ruling upholds a "buffer zone" around abortion clinics, into which pro-life individuals cannot encroach, but pro-abortion "clinic escorts" can.
Pro-lifers challenged the law, pointing out that it abrogates their free-speech rights, while allowing the clinic workers to enter that buffer zone, and speak in favor of abortion.
The justice of that claim should be apparent to an unintelligent 4-year-old. But it's not quite obvious enough for the state's attorney general, who reasons that clinic workers are not allowed to speak about abortion; they're only allowed to escort young women into the clinic.
They're not really expressing an opinion; they're just escorting women into the clinic. Riiiiiiight!
Phil Lawler has been a Catholic journalist for more than 30 years. He has edited several Catholic magazines and written eight books. Founder of Catholic World News, he is the news director and lead analyst at CatholicCulture.org. See full bio.
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