{"id":2337084,"date":"2024-09-05T08:30:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T12:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/courts-protect-womens-right-to-reverse-chemical-abortions\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T08:36:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T12:36:24","slug":"courts-protect-womens-right-to-reverse-chemical-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/courts-protect-womens-right-to-reverse-chemical-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Courts Protect Women&#8217;s Right To Reverse Chemical Abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcourts-protect-womens-right-to-reverse-chemical-abortions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2337084&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a significant recent victory for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/post-roe-pro-life-activists-vow-to-protect-mothers-and-babies-while-planned-parenthood-touts-more-at-home-abortions\/\" title=\"Post-Roe: Pro-Life Activists Vow to Protect Mothers and Babies While Planned Parenthood Touts More At-Home Abortions\">pro-life pregnancy centers<\/a>, a federal\u200d court ruling in *NIFLA v. James*\u2062 has provided protection against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/planned-parenthood-staff-discuss-harvesting-baby-parts\/\" title=\"Planned Parenthood Staff Discuss Harvesting Baby Parts\">legal actions initiated<\/a> by New\u200b York&#8217;s attorney general, Letitia James, who accused\u2062 these centers of &#8220;deceptive advertising&#8221; regarding the Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) procedure. The ruling, which \u2064blocked \u200dJames&#8217; efforts to penalize the centers, reinforces\u200c the\u200b free speech rights of these organizations \u200damid ongoing legislative \u2064challenges since the overturning of *Roe v. Wade* in June 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The APR\u200d procedure, which involves administering progesterone to\u2063 pregnant women who have \u2062taken the first of two \u200dabortion pills, has a success rate of over 65% in halting \u2064the abortion process when done promptly. Pro-life pregnancy centers across the U.S. are actively offering this\u200d service, and it is estimated \u200dthat thousands of unborn babies\u2064 have\u200b been saved through these efforts. <\/p>\n<p>The judge in this case, John Sinatra, emphasized the First Amendment protections that\u200b allow these centers to provide truthful information about the potential to reverse a \u2062chemical abortion, contrasting it \u2063with \u200dongoing harassment from political figures seeking to\u2064 undermine\u2064 their operations. This ruling follows other recent\u200b legal victories for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-refuses-to-guarantee-that-taxpayer-money-in-stimulus-bill-wont-go-toward-abortions\/\" title=\"Psaki Refuses To Guarantee That Taxpayer Money In Stimulus Bill Won\u2019t Go Toward Abortions\">pro-life organizations<\/a>, signaling \u2062a trend\u200b in favor of protecting their rights to operate \u2063and communicate freely in the face\u2064 of aggressive opposition from pro-abortion advocates.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Despite vicious attacks from leftist politicians and legislative losses in states since the overturning of&nbsp;<em>Roe&nbsp;<\/em>in June of 2022, a major court victory in New York is being celebrated by pro-life pregnancy centers and their allies all over the country.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-tells-dreamers-this-is-your-home-we-recognize-you-for-the-americans-that-you-are\/\" title=\"Kamala Tells \u2018Dreamers\u2019: \u2018This Is Your Home \u2026 We Recognize You For The Americans That You Are\u2019\">recent federal court ruling<\/a> in&nbsp;<em>NIFLA v. James<\/em>&nbsp;protected pregnancy centers in New York against the rabidly pro-abortion attorney general, Letitia James, who sued eleven of these centers, along with Heartbeat International, seeking penalties for &ldquo;deceptive advertising&rdquo; of a medical procedure known as Abortion Pill Reversal (APR). The judge issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/press-release\/court-halts-ny-attorney-general-violating-pregnancy-centers-freedom-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">preliminary injunction<\/a> blocking James&rsquo; hostile attack from going into effect.<\/p>\n<p>This is a significant win as it continues the trend of precedent-setting cases in the free speech rights of pro-life pregnancy centers.<\/p>\n<p>The abortion pill regimen involves the ingestion by a pregnant mother of two powerful drugs 72 hours apart. In the end, the mother will miscarry, most likely in her bathroom, with serious hemorrhaging and complications. The young mother soon finds out that such a procedure is far different from simply taking a medication to end a menstrual headache, as she was led to believe. Rather, the mother is left to hold her young child in her hand and in hysterics many times tosses her child into the toilet for disposal.<\/p>\n<p>What happens if this mother changes her mind after taking the first pill? APR is an established procedure that administers the drug progesterone to support the pregnancy. Progesterone has long been used by obstetricians to combat miscarriages of their patients. If APR is administered within 72 hours after the first pill is taken, the abortion can be stopped and the baby&rsquo;s life can be saved. In fact, over 65 percent of such procedures are successful if progesterone is administered in time.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-life pregnancy centers across the nation are providing this service to mothers who regret their decision and want to stop the chemical abortion. In New York, Letitia James declared war on such centers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wskg.org\/news\/2024-05-06\/ny-attorney-general-suing-anti-abortion-organizations-accusing-them-of-false-advertising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claiming<\/a> that they are falsely advertising the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA), a national network of nearly 1,800 pro-life centers and medical clinics, filed suit in federal court against James seeking an injunction to prohibit her harassing and bullying tactics against pro-life centers.&nbsp;A big victory came for the centers as federal judge John Sinatra swiftly ruled in their favor.<\/p>\n<p>Sinatra <a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/press-release\/court-halts-ny-attorney-general-violating-pregnancy-centers-freedom-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;The First Amendment protects Plaintiffs&rsquo; 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. Indeed, the &lsquo;very purpose of the First Amendment is to foreclose public authority from assuming a guardianship of the public mind through regulating the press, speech, and religion.&rsquo; &hellip;And this is particularly true in the fields of medicine and public health, where information can save lives.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This information does save lives. Pregnancy centers truthfully inform women that it may be possible to halt the lethal effects of chemical abortion through the administration of progesterone, a safe and naturally occurring hormone that can counteract the fatal effects of abortion drugs 64-68 percent of the time. It is estimated that more than 5,000 unborn babies have been saved this way. In the hearing leading up to the ruling, the judge noted that James &ldquo;admits that no one has been harmed by Plaintiffs&rsquo; speech.&rdquo; So James is just doing the bidding of the abortion industry.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second time in less than a year that pro-abortion states have wielded their power against people whose only motivation is to help mothers in difficult circumstances. In Illinois, the state senate passed a horrific bill that directly targeted pregnancy centers for &ldquo;deceptive business practices.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In&nbsp;<em>NIFLA v. Raoul,&nbsp;<\/em>the judge ruled in favor of NIFLA and pregnancy centers, halting the law from going into effect. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomasmoresociety.org\/case\/national-institute-of-family-life-advocates-et-al-v-kwame-raoul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reasoning <\/a>needs to be on a plaque in every single AG&rsquo;s office to remind them to stop using lawfare to target those with whom they disagree.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;SB 1909 is both stupid and very likely unconstitutional. It is stupid because its own supporter admitted it was unneeded and was unsupported by evidence when challenged. It is likely unconstitutional because it is a blatant example of government taking the side of whose speech is sanctionable and whose speech is immunized&mdash;on the very same subject no less.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the battle is far from over, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-has-killed-her-hundreds-of-thousands-but-abortion-has-killed-her-tens-of-millions\/\" title=\"COVID Has Killed Her Hundreds of Thousands, But Abortion Has Killed Her Tens of Millions\">pro-life movement<\/a> is making huge strides in the judicial arena&nbsp;against abortion and in favor of the First Amendment. Our cases are layering precedent-upon-precedent that supports the right of free speech for pro-life pregnancy centers. Judge Sinatra cited&nbsp;<em>NIFLA v. Becerra&nbsp;<\/em>(originally&nbsp;<em>NIFLA v. Harris&nbsp;<\/em>&mdash; the same Harris running for president) in his court order because it is the most significant case to set a precedent for the free speech rights of pro-life pregnancy centers.<\/p>\n<p>All of these recent wins are built upon the foundations of&nbsp;<em>NIFLA v. (Harris) Becerra.&nbsp;<\/em>Still, some attorneys general can&rsquo;t seem to get it right. Pregnancy centers are facing similar battles in New Jersey, Vermont, California, Connecticut, and Delaware. (NIFLA is involved in all of these cases.) These AGs need to read the writing on the wall and stop wasting taxpayer time and money targeting places that legitimately help women with true empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, pro-life pregnancy centers are going to win against all such attacks, and mothers considering abortion are going to have a valuable resource preserved to empower them to choose life.<\/p>\n<p>There is no longer a constitutional right to abortion, but there is still a constitutional right to choose life.&nbsp;<em>NIFLA v. James&nbsp;<\/em>in New York,&nbsp;<em>NIFLA v. Raoul in<\/em>&nbsp;Illinois, and&nbsp;<em>NIFLA v. (Harris) Becerra&nbsp;<\/em>all prove this.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Thomas A. Glessner is the founder and President of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite aggressive opposition from leftist politicians and setbacks in various states following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, pro-life pregnancy centers and their supporters nationwide are celebrating a significant court victory in New York. The recent federal ruling in NIFLA v. James has safeguarded these centers from the actions of Attorney General Letitia James, who had filed lawsuits against eleven centers, including Heartbeat International, alleging &#8220;deceptive advertising&#8221; related to a medical procedure known as Abortion Pill Reversal (APR). A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction to prevent James&#8217; aggressive measures from taking effect.<\/p>\n<p>This ruling is an important win that reinforces the free speech rights of pro-life pregnancy centers. The abortion pill process involves a pregnant woman taking two potent medications spaced 72 hours apart, leading to miscarriage often accompanied by severe complications. Many women discover that this experience is far more traumatic than they were led to believe; some may even find themselves discarding their deceased child in distress.<\/p>\n<p>If a woman changes her mind after taking the first pill, APR offers hope through administering progesterone\u2014a hormone used by obstetricians to prevent miscarriages\u2014within 72 hours of ingestion. This method can successfully halt the abortion process over 65% of the time if done promptly.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-life pregnancy centers across America provide this service for mothers who regret their decision and wish to reverse their chemical abortion. However, Letitia James has aggressively targeted these centers with claims of false advertising regarding APR.<\/p>\n<p>The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA), which represents nearly 1,800 pro-life clinics nationwide, took legal action against James seeking an injunction against her harassment tactics towards these facilities. Federal Judge John Sinatra ruled quickly in favor of NIFLA.<\/p>\n<p>In his decision, Sinatra emphasized that &#8220;the First Amendment protects Plaintiffs\u2019 right to speak freely about [abortion pill reversal] protocol,&#8221; underscoring that government should not regulate speech on such critical matters where information can save lives.<\/p>\n<p>Pregnancy centers provide accurate information about how progesterone can potentially counteract the harmful effects of chemical abortions\u2014saving thousands of unborn lives along the way. During hearings prior to his ruling, Judge Sinatra noted that no harm had come from NIFLA&#8217;s communications; thus it appeared that James was merely acting on behalf of the abortion industry.<\/p>\n<p>This marks yet another instance where pro-abortion states have attempted to undermine organizations dedicated solely to assisting mothers facing challenging situations; similar legislation targeting pregnancy centers was passed recently in Illinois but was halted by judicial intervention due to its likely unconstitutionality.<\/p>\n<p>While challenges remain ahead for pro-life advocates across various states\u2014including New Jersey and California\u2014the recent victories reinforce free speech protections for these organizations fighting for life-affirming choices amidst ongoing political battles over reproductive rights.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, despite losing constitutional protection for abortion itself following Roe&#8217;s reversal, there remains a constitutional right supporting life-affirming choices\u2014a principle upheld through cases like NIFLA v. James and others championed by Thomas A. Glessner at NIFLA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3414,"featured_media":2337085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/James-e1725052894390.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[40162,10123,40163,37535,32276],"class_list":["post-2337084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-chemical-abortions","tag-courts","tag-legal-protection","tag-reproductive-health","tag-womens-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/James-e1725052894390.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3414"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}