Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Amici Curiae
Walter Dellinger, Counsel of Record
Founded in 1928, Planned Parenthood Federation of America provides sexual and reproductive health services and education at more than 700 centers around the country. Its Massachusetts chapter receives more than 50,000 patient visits annually. Walter Dellinger is a partner with the law firm O’Melveny & Myers, where he specializes in appellate, banking, and regulatory law. He served as acting U.S. solicitor general from 1996 to 1997. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on November 21, 2013. Decades of violence and obstruction of entrances by protesters at facilities inMassachusettspersisted,…