Section 8-803. Prohibition of activities to prevent access to reproductive health care facilities  


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  • a. It shall be unlawful for any  person  (1)  to  knowingly physically obstruct or block another person from entering into
      or  exiting  from the premises of a reproductive health care facility by
      physically  striking,  shoving,  restraining,  grabbing,  or   otherwise
      subjecting  a  person  to unwanted physical contact, or attempting to do
      the same;  (2)  to  knowingly  obstruct  or  block  the  premises  of  a
      reproductive health care facility, so as to impede access to or from the
      facility,  or  attempt  to do the same; (3) to follow and harass another
      person within 15 feet of the premises  of  a  reproductive  health  care
      facility; (4) to engage in a course of conduct or repeatedly commit acts
      within  15  feet  of the premises of a reproductive health care facility
      when such behavior places another person in reasonable fear of  physical
      harm, or attempt to do the same; (5) to physically damage a reproductive
      health  care  facility so as to interfere with its operation, or attempt
      to do the same; or (6) to knowingly interfere with the  operation  of  a
      reproductive  health  care  facility,  or  attempt  to  do  the same, by
      activities  including,  but  not  limited  to,  interfering   with,   or
      attempting  to  interfere with (i) medical procedures being performed at
      such facility or (ii) the delivery of goods to such facility.
        b.  Violations.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  provision   of
      subdivision  a  of  this  section  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor
      punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars or  imprisonment
      not  to  exceed  six  months, or both, for a first conviction under this
      section. For a second and each subsequent conviction under this section,
      the penalty shall be a fine not  to  exceed  five  thousand  dollars  or
      imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both.