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New York tried to silence pregnancy centers, stopping them from talking about abortion pill reversal medications. One brave judge intervened.

From CBN News. A federal court has ruled that nonprofit pro-life pregnancy centers in New York are free to tell women about the life-saving potential of abortion pill reversal medications while a related lawsuit proceeds.

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The attorney general of New York has been suing the pro-life group Heartbeat International (HBI) and 11 crisis pregnancy centers to force them to stop talking about abortion pill reversal services, claiming the groups are promoting a procedure that cannot reverse the effects of the abortion pill. While the abortion industry touts that accusation, pro-life doctors have refuted it with actual studies and evidence of thousands of lives saved.

In a countersuit against NY, Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys are defending the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, Gianna’s House, and Options Care Center. …

State Attorney General Letitia James is asking the courts to forbid the women’s pregnancy centers from advertising abortion pill reversal treatments saying they used “false and misleading statements to advertise an unproven treatment.” …

But District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. declared that the state of New York cannot override the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of speech.

“The First Amendment protects Plaintiffs’ right to speak freely about {abortion pill reversal} protocol and, more specifically, to say that it is safe and effective for a pregnant woman to use in consultation with her doctor,” the court wrote in its ruling. …

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James claims that abortions can’t be reversed and argues that treatments offering to do so could be unsafe.

But ADF Senior Counsel Dalton countered, “Many women regret their abortions, and some seek to stop the effects of abortion drugs before taking the second drug in the abortion drug process. Taking supplemental progesterone may give them a chance to save their baby’s life. Women should have the option to reconsider an abortion, and the pro-life pregnancy centers we represent in this case truthfully inform them about that choice.” …

ADF reports that statistics show abortion pill reversal has likely saved over 5,000 unborn lives to date.

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(Excerpt from CBN News. Photo Credit: FamilyMan88 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94544374)