It prohibits protesting, sidewalk counseling, intimidation of or physical interference with abortion providers or their patients inside of this space.

Just as the First Amendment of the Constitution protects the speaker's right to offer "sidewalk counseling" to all passersby.

Ms. Wright defines a "rescue" as any effort - from "sidewalk counseling" to demonstrations - that results in a woman changing her mind about having an abortion.

Her specialty is "sidewalk counseling" she said, because she cannot afford to be arrested in a "rescue": "My children need me."

The league's program includes nonviolent direct action, sidewalk counseling, post-abortion counseling and adoption referrals.

Protesters often engage in what is known as "sidewalk counseling", in which they warn people entering the clinic about alleged risks of abortion or show pictures of fetuses.

These tactics, adopted and popularized by ALL, include sidewalk counseling, and offering abortion alternatives to abortion-seeking patients.

Since then, Bachmann has made statements supportive of sidewalk counseling.

Sidewalk interference, also called "sidewalk counseling" or "abortion clinic harassment", is a form of pro-life activism which is conducted outside of abortion clinics.

Pro-choice groups have criticized the practice of sidewalk counseling as harassment.