Abortion rights advocates want to create buffer around clinics

Democratic lawmakers and abortion rights advocates want to establish buffer zones around abortion clinics to protect clients from escalating intimidation and violence. Supporters say doctors and clients are facing increased harassment, particularly in the wake of secretly taped conversations with Planned Parenthood officials regarding the harvesting of fetal tissue. A number of anti-abortion rights groups and lawmakers have used the tapes to further push for abortion restrictions and defunding o