A pro-life activist in Denver is challenging state and local laws that prohibit counseling women within 100 feet of an abortion clinic, which she argues violates her constitutional rights. Wendy Faustin filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Colorado on June 1 against Democrat Gov. Jared Polis as well as other state and local officials with regard to a 1993 "bubble law" that she alleges violates the First Amendment and her 14th Amendment right to equal protection. "The basic idea is that free speech means the government can't squash or silence messages it doesn't like; it can't punish people who voice those messages," Roger Byron, lead counsel in Faustin's case, told reporters. Read more...