Great day for conservatives at the Supreme Court.

Via Boston Globe:

The nation’s highest court today struck down a Massachusetts law that created buffer zones around abortion clinics, the Associated Press reported.

The 2007 law aimed to keep protesters least 35 feet from the entrances of abortion clinics to prevent confrontations, but the US Supreme Court ruled Monday that it went too far and prevented the free speech of law-abiding abortion opponents who want to approach people going to the clinics.

The high court’s justices had indicated when they heard the case in January that the state needed to find other ways to address safety concerns and prevent the opponents from impeding access to clinics without limiting people’s free speech.

The Massachusetts law was the first of its kind in the country, though the court ruling could affect similar laws that were approved in recent years from San Francisco to Portland, Maine.

The 2007 law evolved from past attempts to quell violent demonstrations and protests outside the entrances of the clinics. Those public safety concerns were heightened in 1994 when John Salvi III shot and killed two people at abortion clinics in Brookline on Dec. 30. The law’s supporters say it was the best way to confront continuing violent demonstrations that have occurred since.