Just three weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Massachusetts law that created a 35-foot buffer zone around clinics that perform abortions, lawmakers there are rushing through a replacement. The new bill, which they hope to pass before the legislative session ends in two weeks, would give police more power to disperse unruly protesters.
The bill has broad support, but opponents say it still goes too far.
Abortion rights groups started scrambling to come up with a new plan immediately after the Supreme Court decision.