Thomas More Society continues to battle a Chicago ordinance that permits one form of speech and forbids another.

Attorney Thomas Olp of the Thomas More Society says a 2009 law passed in Chicago prohibits sidewalk counselors from getting close to abortion-minded women by creating an eight-foot bubble zone around each woman approaching the entrance to an abortion clinic.

"Within 50 feet of that entrance that bubble zone appears," Olp tells OneNewsNow, "and a pro-life counselor cannot knowingly, without permission, enter into that eight-foot bubble."

According to the attorney, the ordinance has resulted in confusion that has extended to police.

"Over the course of seven years there have been many instances in which the police have misinterpreted the law," he says. "We believe that the law is applied only to pro-life counselors and not to the escorts that are often times there at the abortion clinics to try to get between the pro-life counselors and the clients of the abortion clinic."

Olp contends that while abortion clinic personnel aren't required to abide by the law, pro-lifers are. That, he explains, results in one form of free speech being protected while another form isn't.

Thomas More Society filed suit against the city of Chicago. In a recent ruling, the court requested clarification concerning pro-life arguments and agreed that the case can proceed. Chicago's attempt to have the lawsuit dismissed failed.