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''Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic'' was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that 42 U.S.C. 1985(3) does not provide a federal cause of action against persons obstructing access to abortion clinics. Several abortion clinics (most known was the Alexandria Health Clinic) sued to prevent Jayne Bray and other anti-abortion protesters from voicing their freedom of speech in front of the clinics in Washington D.C.〔Colman McCarthy. "Scalia Outreasons Stevens in Bray Case: METRO Edition." Star Tribune: 14.A. 1993. Print. 〕 Alexandria Women’s Health Clinic reported that the protesters violated 42 U.S.C. 1985(3), which prohibits protests to deprive “any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws.”〔United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1993 : Hearing before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, on S. 636 ... may 12, 1993. United States:, 1993. Print.〕 == District Court Ruling == The protesters were present to deny women their right to abortion and their right to interstate travel that Alexandria Health Clinic argued. The District Court found this case to be in favor of the Alexandria Women’s health Clinic because they said protesters had sought out to reject women’s right to abortion. After revisiting the case, the Supreme Court came to a unanimous decision, stating that Bray and others, blocked access to the clinics, therefore depriving women seeking abortions the right to interstate travel. The District Court also ruled on state law trespassing and public nuisance claims, ordering the offenders to stop trespassing on or obstructing access to clinics. Finally, the District Court ordered the protesters to pay the clinics’ attorney’s fees and costs on the 1985(3) claim.〔llen Uzelac. "Md. Couple in Supreme Court Clinic-Blocking Case to Go on Fighting Abortion: FINAL Edition." The Sun: 3.A. 1991. Print.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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