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i'm pleased to welcome the coakley side of the case.ts attorney general and also the democratic candidate for governor martha coakley. ma da attorney general, thank you for taking the time to speak with me. how'd the arguments go? >> well, good morning. and i think that the justices were very interested in many of the issues that you've just talked about. when does the statute accomplish the rights that we're protecting not just the public safety issue which is a huge one. but the rights of those who are trying to seek access to health. and that a men and women of all ages trying to access clinics for a variety of reasons. and those who protest. and because we have such a history in massachusetts of violence including two murders back in 1994 of trying another statute, of really trying to address this problem in a way to accommodate everybody's interests that didn't work well. because you had too much of a -- as the now police commissioner said, we're basically like referees in a sporting event. we're looking at hands and feet. we can't

right to freedom of speech pro-choice advocates as well as massachusetts attorney general martha coakley see it otherwise and for good reason not all borsch in clinic protesters are as friendly as eleanor mccullen yell at or harass patients and doctors others try to attack them in one thousand nine hundred four a gunman named john salley killed two planned parenthood employees and wounded five others are in attack on two separate clinics right there in that boston area the idea behind buffer laws like the ones used messages it's the simple keeping abortion patients and providers safe from mental and physical danger now it's up to the supreme court to see whether or not their justification adds up joining me now for more on this is lou lizz winstead comedian co-creator of the daily show it author of the book lose free or die a collection of essays is probably the tile in these in these troubling times welcome back you know the supreme court itself and i thought this was it kind of surprised me when they did this they declared i think it was just last year they declared that the the of the

>> reporter: massachusetts' attorney general martha coakley says the law is necessary because some protests got out of hand. >> the congestion became not just a difficult issue of enforcement around public safety, it actually blocked access. >> reporter: but in court today, the justices indicated the law violates a fundamental right of free speech. justice about anyone scalia: justice anthony kennedy sharply challenged massachusetts assistant attorney general jennifer miller. miller. even liberal justice elena kagan, during an exchange with miller, expressed concerns the buffer zone was too big. >> reporter: just ruth bader ginsburg provided by one reason: but opponents say that there are other laws designed to protect clinics from violence and obstruction and that this one goes beyond what's in place in other states and, scott, after listening to these arguments, it appears a majority of the justices will agree it goes too far. >> pelley: but that decision won't come probably until june. jan, thanks very much. stock prices made big gains today. the dow picked up 108 points, the s&p closed

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. >> wooduff: the massachusetts attorney general martha coakley answers that the law lets protesters have their say, while protecting clinic clients and staff from harassment. >> this particular statute has struck the appropriate and constitutional balance between access, which is also constitutionally guaranteed for people, public safety, which is a huge issue to make sure that no one is hurt or disrupted in their activities, and that of those protestors, those who want to be heard. they do have a right to speak we know it is not unlimited. >> wooduff: the supreme court last ruled on the issue in 2000, when it upheld a different sized buffer zone in colorado. in addition to colorado and massachusetts, montana also has an abortion clinic buffer zone law. and a handful of cities have imposed restrictions, with varying stand-off distances spelled out. many of the laws were enacted after a spate of violence at women's health facilities during the 1990's. shooting attacks at two clinics in brookline, massachusetts in 1994 killed two people and wounded five. >> wooduff: as always, marcia

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face statute we had many of the issues that are now before the supreme court in the mccullens have coakley case which i hope will be decided to uphold the buffer zone that makes women's rights real against the intimidation and the deterrence that antichoice groups try to bring. making these rights real. the right of privacy, the right to be left alone, is the fundamental reason that we've introduced the women's health care protection act. now, the president tonight will talk about many of the most important issues that matter to this country, economic opportunity, job creation, recovery from the deepest recession in recent history, giving people a greater sense of confidence and trust in their ability to gain the skills that they need to move forward in their lives, mobility, economically in this country is one of the great challenges that we face for our children and our grandchildren. those issues of job creation and economic growth are what we should be debating, not h.r. 7, not the restrictions at the state level that seek to inhibit and impede a woman's exercise of that fundamental ri