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Heated testimony as committee considers repeal of patient-safety buffer zones
Summary
Supporters of repeal argue New Hampshire’s buffer-zone law restricts free speech and has never been used; reproductive health providers and public-safety witnesses urged keeping the law to protect patients and staff from intimidation, photographing and driveway obstruction.
Representative Boris Ors, sponsor of HB 13-13, described the patient-safety zone statute as an unnecessary restriction on free speech and urged repeal. "This law has never been used since it was passed 11 years ago," Ors said, arguing the statute invites legal challenges.
Planned Parenthood’s Kayla Montgomery and Equality Health Center’s Sarah Anderson strongly opposed repeal. Montgomery described a flexible 25-foot…
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