In the February 2003 case, Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that anti-abortion activists could not be prosecuted under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), a law drafted to counter organized crime, or the Hobbs Act, a law intended to address economic damages caused by extortion.
In the 2003 case of Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, the Supreme Court ruled that anti-abortion activists cannot be prosecuted under laws originally created to combat organized crime or economic exploitation.