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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release June 28, 2000

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT

I am pleased that the Supreme Court today, in Hill v. Colorado, upheld a Colorado statute balancing a person's right to protest certain medical procedures against another person's right to obtain medical treatment free from harassment, fear and intimidation. The Colorado law was enacted in response to a real need to ensure safe access to medical treatment in light of increasing obstruction, harassment, and violence in front of health care facilities. To preserve a woman's right to choose, we must protect access to reproductive health services. That is why I championed the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE), a federal statute that protects women and doctors from violence at reproductive health clinics.

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