PORTLAND (AP) — The Portland City Council is weighing a proposal to create a so-called buffer zone around a Planned Parenthood clinic.
Planned Parenthood and city officials told a council committee hearing Tuesday night that patients entering and leaving the clinic are being harassed and intimidated by a group of anti-abortion protesters who gather each Friday in front of the building on Congress Street.
Police say the protesters aren’t breaking any laws. But supporters of the proposed 35- foot buffer zone around the clinic say patients seeking services at the clinic should not be subjected to intimidation.
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