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High court steps into abortion dispute
Associated Press
Published June 29, 2005
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday intervened again in a long-running fight over protests outside abortion clinics.
Justices said they will consider whether an antiabortion group's campaign, conducted outside clinics 20 years ago, may have violated federal racketeering and extortion laws.
The court has already dealt with the same case several times before. Most recently justices ruled in 2003 the laws were wrongly used against antiabortion leader Joseph Scheidler and others.
That ruling lifted a national ban on protests that interfere with abortion clinic business.
An appeals court, however, questioned whether the ban should be renewed.
The announcement Tuesday came as justices resolved about 20 cases that were still pending from their term.
The abortion case is one of two to reach the Supreme Court recently. A month ago, the court said it would hear an appeal involving a parental notification law from New Hampshire. Both cases will be argued late this year.
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