John Manifold noted this in the Open Thread yesterday, but it is worth its own post.
And this is good news too — the ordinance that the Wilmington City Council approved would require protesters within 100 feet of health care facilities to stay at least 8 feet away from people coming and going into the facility. Protesters can still do their thing, but they can no longer interfere with access to a facility.
The bill was sponsored by Councilwoman Loretta Walsh and additional kudos go to Bud Freel, Kevin Kelley, Charles Potter, Steve Martelli, Hanifa Shabazz, Trippi Congo and Norman Griffiths for doing the right thing in spite of the anti-choice crowd that came out to protest on this.
As noted in the News Journal article on this, the bill passed by the Wilmington City Council on Thursday is closely modeled on Senate Bill 169, which was passed by the Senate last session but is sitting in the Judiciary Committee in the House. Time for the House to get on this, I think.