ABSTRACT
In Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic, 506 US 263, the US Supreme Court ruled that antiabortion protesters could not have their activities enjoined as illegal conspiracies to deny the civil rights of women seeking abortions. The National Organization for Women and various abortion clinics in the Washington, D.C., area originally brought Bray to enjoin the antiabortion organization Operation Rescue and six of its members from blocking the entrances to abortion clinics. The Supreme Court first heard oral argument for Bray in October 1991 but announced in June 1992 that it would rehear the case in the next term. The Supreme Court first heard oral argument for Bray in October 1991 but announced in June 1992 that it would rehear the case in the next term. This unusual step prompted some to speculate that the conservative Court was protecting the George H. W. Bush administration from the impact of the decision until after the 1992 presidential election.
