Mat Staver,
Liberty Counsel
1/17/2018
Liberty Counsel
1/17/2018
Liberty Counsel is challenging California's forced abortion speech law at the U.S. Supreme Court. Please see below for my important update on this vital case – Mat.
Friend,
The Supreme Court has agreed to review the California Reproductive FACT Act, an overreaching law that is intentionally assaulting free speech rights and right of conscience.
The California law mandates that faith-based crisis pregnancy centers advertise within their centers a state-drafted, pro-abortion message in 12 languages or be severely fined each time they fail to comply!
Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief yesterday in one of four cases brought before the High Court by crisis pregnancy centers challenging the law as a violation of the First Amendment guarantees of free speech and free exercise of religion.
The Court agreed to review the case on the limited question of
Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief yesterday in one of four cases brought before the High Court by crisis pregnancy centers challenging the law as a violation of the First Amendment guarantees of free speech and free exercise of religion.
The Court agreed to review the case on the limited question of
"whether the disclosures required by the California Reproductive FACT Act violate the protections set forth in the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment, applicable to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment."
The California law forces crisis pregnancy centers to speak a message that goes directly against their religious beliefs and mission to save lives. The First Amendment protects the right to speak and the right not to speak.
+ + The so-called Reproductive FACT Act is more accurately nicknamed the "Bully Bill."
Liberty Counsel first challenged the California law in federal court on behalf of three pro-life pregnancy centers. In that case, a federal district court judge and a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Liberty Counsel's request for a preliminary injunction, finding that it was not likely that the law violates the First Amendment.
Now, we are hopeful this forced speech law will be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
+ + Advancing the sanctity of human life is one of Liberty Counsel's core missions!
Would you consider a special gift today that will help Liberty Counsel in our ongoing efforts to defend life, and the rights of the preborn, and the facilities which help protect their lives?
When you stand with Liberty Counsel, you are standing for life and for the protection of the preborn! You are equipping us to advance the view that every life has meaning and a purpose, as do these crisis pregnancy centers. And, we do not charge our clients for representation.
+ + We resolutely stand in defense of crisis pregnancy centers under assault by pro-abortion advocates!
The three pro-life crisis pregnancy centers represented by Liberty Counsel offer resources, counseling, advice, and alternatives to abortion to women experiencing crisis pregnancies.
These centers, as others across the nation, are under assault by big-money, pro-abortion bullies. Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and other pro-abortion titans want a monopoly on so-called "women's services" and are attempting to silence, fine, or shut down those organizations which protect unborn children and provide support for their mothers.
California's Attorney General Xavier Becerra is a Planned Parenthood advocate and recipient of their campaign money. Liberty Counsel's case, Mountain Right to Life v. Becerra, will be held at the Court until it resolves the current case, likely this spring.
Go here now to support Liberty Counsel's litigation efforts and advance life with a generous donation of any amount.
God bless you for your support,
Mat
P.S. Liberty Counsel's team is unabashedly pro-life and works to advance this cause every day on behalf of pro-life organizations and advocates.
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