Federal district judge blocks pro-life message on North Carolina lcense plates

North Carolina lost a case in federal court over its desire to issue license plates with a “choose life” message. The ACLU had sued citing the state’s refusal to issue a plate with the message, “respect choice.” -db From the Jurist, November 29, 2011, by Max Slater. Full story  

Proposed law in San Francisco targeting pregnancy center ads may run up against First Amendment

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 10 -1 to prevent antiabortion pregnancy centers from engaging in false or misleading advertising practices, but courts have rejected similar laws as violations of the First Amendment. The law is intended to prevent pregnancy crisis centers from lying about the type of services they provide in that the [...]

Federal judge upholds free speech rights of pro-life pregnancy centers

Invoking the First Amendment, a federal judge issued a temporary order barring New York City from enforcing a new law requiring crisis pregnancy centers to provide details including whether personnel was licensed and whether they performed abortions or provided emergency contraception. The law was intended to provide information about the operation of pro-life clinics after [...]

Federal judge rules against sign requirements for Baltimore pregnancy counseling centers

The Baltimore Sun January 29, 2011 By Mary Gail Hare A federal district judge found a Baltimore law unconstitutional for requiring faith-based pregnancy counseling centers to post signs announcing that they don’t promote abortions or birth control. -db

Judgment Vindicates Calif. Student Punished for Pro-Life T-Shirt

Tiffany Amador won a free speech case in Federal Court after officials barred her from wearing her American Life League pro-life T-shirt, featuring the word “ABORTION,” at McSwain Union Elementary School in Merced, California. Christian Newswire August 13, 2010 By Katie Walker kwalker@all.org WASHINGTON – American Life League celebrated a free speech victory after a federal [...]

Duke restores pro-life group’s free speech rights

Duke University reversed a decision by its Women’s Center that banned a pro-life student group from holding a discussion on student motherhood at the center. -db FIRE Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Commentary March 30, 2010 DURHAM, N.C. — Duke University has reversed a decision by its Women’s Center that prohibited the Duke Students [...]

Federal court finds fault with Pittsburgh law creating abortion clinic buffers

Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune November 2, 2009 By Joe Mandak Associated Press The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a 2005 Pittsburgh ordinance denied free speech rights to abortion protestors by enforcing two restrictive zones outside abortion clinics. The court said that one zone would be legal but the two together constituted a denial of [...]