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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 colorado's 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 space that was a no-protest area. why didn't that ceived to be wo...

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. she's now head of the planned parenthood league of massachusetts. thanks very much for being with us. >> great to be with you, rachel. >> first, let me ask you your reaction to today's ruling. a l...

Safe environment for our patients and our staff. obviously the court disagreed but you observed into your piece leading into this, they didn't 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 massachusetts did, in 2000, governor cellucci, republican governor, i believe, signed a law that creat...

Himself at the federal courthouse in alabama. it happens. we are a country with enough gun violence that there's enough to go around. federal courthouses have seen their share. maybe they've seen more than their fair share. court proceedings can be stressful, themselves. they can be potent symbols. courthouses can be potent sym l symbols for people. maybe it sets some people off. arguably. at the supreme court in washington, one of the ways they have mitigated some of the physical risk that the justices may face there is that they have surrounded the united states supreme court building, itsel...

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. she's now head of the planned parenthood league of massachusetts. thanks very much for being with us. >> great to be with you, rachel. >> first, let me ask you your reaction to today's ruling. a lot of people predicted the law might be in trouble. simply beca...