Supremes take cuffs off abortion protesters

The debate over abortion in the United States may be endless. Each side is too certain of the rightness of its position to compromise. But the U.S. Supreme Court has removed one unjust and artificial impediment by striking down a nationwide injunction against abortion clinic protesters. We think their decision was absolutely right.

The case stemmed from a misguided effort in 1986 by the National Organization for Women (NOW) to use the Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act