Comment by OJFord
1 day ago
That's quite a sensationalist piece. You're allowed to object to abortions and protest against them, the point of that law is just that you can't do it around an extant abortion clinic, distressing and putting people off using it, since they are currently legal.
Yeah, that looks like a time/place/manner restriction, not a content-based restriction. In the U.S., at least, the latter is heavily scrutinized as a potential First Amendment violation, while the former tend to be treated with greater deference to the state.
So you are allowed to object to abortions and protest then in any designated free speech zone with a proper free speech license. Simple as!
Can I tell someone not to drink outside of a bar?
In certain public spaces? Yeah! Probably a hell of a lot fewer of them in the UK than many countries though, including your land of the free.
This is just an argument ad absurdum. Please be real.
Most bars have signs saying not to leave with an alcoholic drink.
Especially in the USA, where alcohol laws are much more stringent than in the UK.