Judge stops NY AG from silencing pro-life pregnancy orgs
Caroline MolloyA federal judge this week granted a preliminary injunction that allows two pro-life pregnancy organizations to continue sharing information about Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) despite New York Attorney General Letitia James’ efforts to restrict their speech.
On September 25, the Thomas More Society, which represents the NY-based pregnancy help organizations, reported that District Court Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.’s September 24 ruling protects Summit Life Outreach Center and The Evergreen Association. The ruling prevents James “from silencing the constitutionally protected speech of these pro-life ministries while their lawsuit moves forward.”
APR is a protocol that gives women an opportunity to attempt to save their unborn child if they change their mind after starting the chemical abortion pill procedure.
CatholicVote reported that the Thomas More Society sued the attorney general in August, contending that she violated the U.S. Constitution by infringing on the organizations’ free speech rights. Thomas More Society is also representing Heartbeat International and 11 other pro-life pregnancy centers in a similar New York state case in which James had filed a lawsuit accusing the organizations of promulgating “false and misleading statements” about the effectiveness of the APR pill.
