{"id":2349980,"date":"2024-10-03T12:06:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T16:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-ag-sued-for-chilling-speech-about-abortion-pill-reversal\/"},"modified":"2024-10-03T12:09:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T16:09:21","slug":"ca-ag-sued-over-chilling-comments-on-abortion-pill-reversal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-ag-sued-over-chilling-comments-on-abortion-pill-reversal\/","title":{"rendered":"CA AG Sued Over &#8216;Chilling&#8217; Comments on Abortion Pill Reversal"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fca-ag-sued-over-chilling-comments-on-abortion-pill-reversal%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=2349980&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>A recent lawsuit has been filed against \u200dCalifornia \u200bAttorney General Rob Bonta, claiming that his actions against crisis pregnancy centers violate their constitutional rights. The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) accuses Bonta\u2064 of attempting to criminalize \u200cthe discussion of a\u2062 medically-supported treatment\u2062 for reversing chemical abortions, undermining the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of the centers\u2019 136 California members. Bonta&#8217;s campaign began with a consumer alert warning about misleading practices at these centers\u200c and\u2064 has escalated to lawsuits targeting \u200cfive centers for what he labels as fraudulent claims regarding &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-life-group-says-google-banned-its-ads-in-dramatic-and-unprecedented-move\/\" title=\"Pro-Life Group Says Google Banned Its Ads In \u2018Dramatic And Unprecedented Move\u2019\">abortion pill reversal<\/a>&#8220;. The NIFLA seeks declarative and injunctive relief, arguing that \u200dBonta&#8217;s actions silence their \u200dability to provide information about viable medical alternatives \u2064to abortion. The lawsuit is\u200c framed as an infringement on free speech and the right to provide\u2064 accurate medical information, particularly to women who \u200cmay regret their decision regarding abortion. The controversy highlights a broader debate on \u200cabortion rights and the safety and efficacy of medication used for chemical abortions versus the reversal\u200c treatments. Supporters of the reversal argue that it is a \u200clife-saving\u2063 option, while critics dismiss it as unsafe.  <\/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>California Attorney General Rob Bonta&rsquo;s ongoing war against crisis pregnancy centers for offering women a scientifically-backed solution to reverse chemical abortions violates those centers&rsquo; constitutional rights, a new lawsuit alleges. <\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedialegalfiles.blob.core.windows.net\/files\/NIFLA-BontaComplaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oct. 2 complaint<\/a> for injunctive and declaratory relief, pregnancy center network National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) demanded the Western Division of California&rsquo;s Central District Court halt Bonta&rsquo;s attempt to criminalize advocacy of the lifesaving medication known to reverse chemical abortions because it infringes on its 136 California members&rsquo; First and Fourteenth Amendment right to &ldquo;speak freely, to practice their religion, and to due process under the law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Constitution protects Plaintiffs&rsquo; right to speak to the public and women about lawful medical treatments provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-warn-about-counterfeit-medications\/\" title=\"Officials Warn About Counterfeit Medications\">licensed medical professionals<\/a>,&rdquo; the plaintiffs, represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, state.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the Supreme Court&rsquo;s 2022&nbsp;<em>Dobbs v. Jackson<\/em>&nbsp;decision, Bonta issued a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/news\/press-releases\/attorney-general-bonta-issues-consumer-alert-warning-californians-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">consumer alert<\/a>&nbsp;accusing his state&rsquo;s pregnancy centers of offering only &ldquo;limited and potentially misleading&rdquo; care because they gave women seeking alternatives to ending their babies&rsquo; lives.<\/p>\n<p>Bonta&rsquo;s Department of Justice also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/reprorights#:~:text=Wade.-,Your%20Rights%20to%20Birth%20Control,plans%20cover%20the%20following%20services.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launched a government web page<\/a>&nbsp;encouraging Californians who &ldquo;believe their right to reproductive healthcare, including accessing abortion, has been violated&rdquo; to report it to his office.<\/p>\n<p>By September 2023, Bonta escalated to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/news\/press-releases\/attorney-general-bonta-sues-anti-abortion-group-five-california-crisis-pregnancy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suing<\/a> five of California&rsquo;s pregnancy centers over what he deemed were &ldquo;fraudulent and misleading claims to advertise an unproven and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-ag-sued-for-unconstitutional-attack-on-abortion-pill-reversal\/\" title=\"CA AG Sued For \u2018Unconstitutional\u2019 Attack On Abortion Pill Reversal\">largely experimental procedure called &#038;lsquo<\/a>;abortion pill reversal.&rsquo;&rdquo; His actions were already <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/31\/pregnancy-center-sues-california-ag-for-unconstitutional-war-on-lifesaving-abortion-pill-reversal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">countered in court<\/a> once by Culture of Life Family Services in July for &ldquo;targeting protected speech and activities engaged in for the sole benefit of pregnant women who have ingested &mdash; whether voluntarily or via trick or force &mdash; mifepristone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As the October complaint warns, pregnancy centers in the Golden Gate State are now &ldquo;subject to injunctions, civil penalties of up to $2,500 per &lsquo;violation,&rsquo; and potential jail time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Attorney General says he supports a woman&rsquo;s right to choose whether to keep her pregnancy, yet he seeks to deprive a woman who changes her mind, or who was coerced or tricked into taking the first abortion drug, of truthful information about a safe and effective way to save her pregnancy,&rdquo; the lawsuit states.<\/p>\n<p>Bonta&rsquo;s lawfare, the suit warns, has illegally hampered California-based clinics like the NIFLA-affliated SCV Pregnancy Center&nbsp;from their ability to &ldquo;advertise and provide services, counseling, and information about progesterone treatment.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Access to information is a hallmark of a free society and is essential to making informed medical choices. But California&rsquo;s attorney general is silencing pregnancy centers and censoring information about life-saving medical options,&rdquo; ADF Senior Counsel Caleb Dalton said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedia.org\/case\/national-institute-family-and-life-advocates-v-bonta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>. &ldquo;Attorney General Bonta and his allies at Planned Parenthood may not like it, but the truth is that many women regret their abortions, and some seek to stop the effects of chemical abortion drugs before taking the second drug in the abortion drug process. Women deserve to know all their options every step of the way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats like Bonta,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/abortion-pill-reversal-controversy-legal-battles-medical-debate-rcna159515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">corporate media<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2018\/05\/02\/youtube-suspends-abortion-pill-reversal-explainers-harmful-dangerous-content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Big&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/10\/01\/if-google-had-banned-abortion-pill-reversal-info-in-2013-my-beautiful-child-could-be-dead-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tech<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/blog\/can-the-abortion-pill-be-reversed-after-you-have-taken-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Planned Parenthood<\/a>&nbsp;have tried to paint the abortion pill reversal medication as unsafe. <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/abortion-pill-reversal-a-record-of-safety-and-efficacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Several<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/30831017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">studies<\/a>, however,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37969420\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concluded<\/a>&nbsp;that the intramuscular and high-dose oral&nbsp;progesterone prescribed to women to combat the drug combo responsible for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/article\/2022\/02\/medication-abortion-now-accounts-more-half-all-us-abortions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than half<\/a>&nbsp;of the nation&rsquo;s abortions is &ldquo;safe and effective&rdquo; and resulted in &ldquo;no apparent increased risk of birth defects&rdquo; when taken within the recommended three-day window.<\/p>\n<p>On the contrary, the mifepristone and misoprostol handed to women to induce chemical abortion&nbsp;are known to cause side effects including <a href=\"https:\/\/prochoice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/phone_triage_guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hemorrhage<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/drugs-supplements\/mifepristone-oral-route\/side-effects\/drg-20067123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;fast, weak pulse,&rdquo; &ldquo;shortness of breath,&rdquo; diarrhea, dizziness, headache, vomiting<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/drugs-supplements\/mifepristone-oral-route\/side-effects\/drg-20067123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;pain&rdquo; across the back, arms, neck, and abdomen<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/33939340\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sometimes fatal&nbsp;complications<\/a>. Even the U.S. Food and Drug Administration admits nearly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/drugsatfda_docs\/label\/2016\/020687s020lbl.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 in 25<\/a>&nbsp;women who ingest it will end up in the emergency room or hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>Abortion pill reversal quite literally saves <a href=\"https:\/\/pregnancyhelpnews.com\/we-celebrate-each-of-these-children-aprn-marks-5k-lives-saved\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thousands of unborn babies<\/a> and their mothers from the deadly consequences of chemical abortion. It is especially beneficial to women who are <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/23\/democrats-media-freak-out-over-louisiana-bill-protecting-women-from-abortion-pill-poisoning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pressured or forced<\/a> to ingest abortion pills against their will.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since the Supreme Court overturned <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/24\/christopher-wray-says-fbi-does-not-target-peaceful-pro-lifers-the-stats-prove-otherwise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pro-abortion attacks on pregnancy centers<\/a> have only increased. When physical intimidation campaigns led by violent perpetrators such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/armed-threats-force-california-pregnancy-center-to-spend-150000-on-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a man armed with a machete<\/a> didn&rsquo;t discourage pregnancy centers from offering women and unborn babies support and care, the Planned Parenthood-allied Democrats running&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedia.org\/case\/platkin-v-first-choice-womens-resource-centers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Jersey<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedia.org\/case\/obria-group-v-ferguson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedia.org\/case\/bella-health-and-wellness-v-weiser\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Colorado<\/a>, California, and other states have turned to lawfare. <\/p>\n<p>New York Attorney General Letitia James tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/13\/ny-ag-letitia-james-sues-pregnancy-centers-over-life-saving-abortion-pill-reversal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pull the same stunt<\/a> Bonta did against pro-lifers in her state by suing nearly a dozen pregnancy centers for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-ag-letitia-james-sues-pregnancy-centers-over-life-saving-abortion-pill-reversal\/\" title=\"NY Attorney General, Letitia James, sues pregnancy centers for opposing abortion pill reversal\">offering women abortion pill reversals<\/a>. A New York District court, however, recently <a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedialegalfiles.blob.core.windows.net\/files\/NIFLA-James-Ruling.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruled <\/a>in favor of the pregnancy centers and reaffirmed their promotion of abortion pill reversal counts as protected speech.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California AG Bonta&#8217;s actions against pregnancy centers violate their rights, lawsuit claims<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2349981,"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\/10\/to-assault-kidnap-and-murder-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[42242,42241,4585,38118,36292],"class_list":["post-2349980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abortion-pill-reversal","tag-ca-ag","tag-lawsuit","tag-legal-controversy","tag-reproductive-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/to-assault-kidnap-and-murder-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349980","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\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2349980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2349981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2349980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2349980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2349980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}