Pro-Life Advocate Wins Free Speech Case in North Carolina

The city of Asheville, North Carolina, has amended its noise ordinance to settle a federal free speech lawsuit brought by a pro-life advocate,The decision allows amplified speech audible up to 150 feet from a device outside an abortion facility.The settlement resolves a case filed in 2022 by Zachary Hebb against the City of Asheville. Hebb, who regularly protested outside the Asheville Health Center—an abortion business that kills babies—challenged a 2021 city ordinance that prohibited amplified