# Colorado pro-life sidewalk counselor battles state ‘bubble law’ she says curtails First Amendment

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/colorado-pro-life-sidewalk-counselor-battles-state-bubble-law-she-says-curtails-first-amendment/
- Published: 2026-10-26T19:07:04+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T20:53:08+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/media/colorado-pro-life-sidewalk-counselor-battles-state-bubble-law-she-says-curtails-first-amendment
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Faustin is appealing Colorado’s eight-foot approach restriction near clinics.
- The law applies within 100 feet of health facility entrances.
- The Supreme Court upheld the law in 2000.

## Summary

Wendy Faustin, a Colorado sidewalk counsellor who offers abortion alternatives outside clinics, is appealing a ruling that upheld the state’s “bubble law”. She says the restrictions make private, compassionate conversations difficult and burden her First Amendment rights; the case could also affect how courts assess speech restrictions around health facilities.

Colorado law and a Denver ordinance bar people from knowingly approaching within eight feet of someone, without consent, to distribute literature or engage in protest, education or counselling within 100 feet of a health facility entrance. Breaches are petty offences that can lead to a fine or short jail sentence. The US Supreme Court upheld Colorado’s law in 2000, and a federal judge rejected Faustin’s challenge last July; her appeal is before the 10th Circuit. Her lawyer says the rules treat pro-life speakers differently, while Faustin says she wants to share information about pregnancy resource centres and adoption agencies.

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