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A coalition of 21 states, including Connecticut, was announced Monday to protect the reproductive rights of women.

The massachusetts state rep who helped write the buffer zone law this notion somehow we were eliminating these wonderful compassionate conversations between protesters and patients that persuaded women not to get abortions thats a fiction. what the protesters did was in very aggressive, even offensive ways, to interfere with and to intimidate women going into health clinics to exercise their right to choose. some anti-abortion protesters have, of course, even gone further and engaged in what the...

Its all too secret. joining us now, zeva branstetter for oklahomas "tulsa world" newspaper. thank you for being with us. >> thanks, rachel. >> let me ask you an the autopsy issue. oklahoma used to do autopsy of prisoners it killed as a matter of course and then they just stopped. why did they stop? and what medical information were you able to access to do this story given that the autopsies stopped for so long? >> well, we dont know really why they stopped. so in 2000, they passed a requirement...

That is basically a no-protest zone, a bubble like youve got around polling places, like youve got around military funerals. like the justices of the supreme court enjoy every day. that fixed zone was designed to keep those clinic entrances open and people going in and out of the clinics safe, after decades of murder and mayhem outside clinics just like that. today the supreme court overturned that massachusetts law. from inside their own protective buffer zone, the supreme court issued its majo...

Interesting to me looking at the history of how massachusetts has tried to deal with the issue about danger at clinics and protests at clinics, is that massachusetts did, in 2000, governor cellucci, republican governor, i believe, signed a law that created a different buffer zone, one more like colorados which at this point is still standing according to the supreme court. that was sort of a moving buffer zone around individuals as they tried to get in and out of clinics rather than just a fixed...

Health care. were going be open tomorrow, be open saturday, and patients are going to get their health care. we also have tremendous support from our local police departments. so i was in touch with them today, and we know we will have increased law enforcement presence at our health centers, but thats not really a long-term solution. you dont want to solve this problem by having police there constantly when women are coming in for health care. what were doing is reviewing the laws that are alre...

Rules. >> one thing that has been interesting to me looking at the history of how massachusetts has tried to deal with the issue about danger at clinics and protests at clinics, is that massachusetts did, in 2000, governor saluchi, republican governor, i believe, signed a law that created a different buffer zone, one more like colorados which at this point is still standing according to the supreme court. that was sort of a moving buffer zone around individuals as they tried to get in and out of...

Women have a right to get the health services they need without any fear of harassment or intimidation. as we made clear in our court filings, we believe that massachusetts buffer zone law protected those rights in a common sense manner that also respected everyones first amendment rights. now, abortion opponents are hailing the supreme courts decision as a victory saying it confirms that the first amendment is for everyone. a second major ruling by the supreme court scales back the presidents p...

Coverage of a deadly shooting incident at two abortion clinics in massachusetts in 1994. lawmakers in massachusetts eventually established a 35-foot buffer zone, basically a protest-free zone around abortion clinics in part to deal with concerns like those. today the u.s. supreme court struck down the massachusetts law. joining us now, marty walz, former member of the massachusetts state legislature. shes now head of the planned parenthood league of massachusetts. thanks very much for being with...

Safe environment for our patients and our staff. obviously the court disagreed but you observed into your piece leading into this, they didnt do anything about their own buffer zone law. so apparently they think they have one set of rules and women seeking health care should be subjected to a different set of rules. >> one thing that has been interesting to me looking at the history of how massachusetts has tried to deal with the issue about danger at clinics and protests at clinics, is that mas...