{"id":169408,"date":"2017-07-19T17:37:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T21:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=169408"},"modified":"2017-07-19T14:39:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T18:39:26","slug":"ca-judge-rips-bully-bill-state-cannot-compel-a-free-citizen-to-promote-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ca-judge-rips-bully-bill-state-cannot-compel-a-free-citizen-to-promote-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"CA judge rips &#8216;Bully Bill&#8217;: State cannot &#8216;compel a free citizen&#8217; to promote abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/pregnancyhelpnews.com\/scharpen-july18\">Pregnancy Help News<\/a>) It\u2019s been over a year and a half since clinic administrator Scott Scharpen filed a lawsuit challenging California\u2019s so-called Reproductive FACT Act (also known as AB775), which is the state\u2019s attempt to force pro-life medical clinics to advertise taxpayer-funded abortions.<\/p>\n<p>After over 18 months of waiting, The Scharpen Foundation\u2014which runs a licensed mobile medical clinic in Riverside County\u2014will finally get its day in court July 21.<\/p>\n<p>The clinic\u2019s chance to stand its ground comes after Riverside County Superior Court Justice Gloria Trask rejected Attorney General Xavier Becerra\u2019s request to throw out the case in a June 23 decision.<\/p>\n<p>Becerra, who inherited the case from now-U.S. Senator Kamala Harris\u2014the former state Attorney General\u2014is currently pursuing charges against David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt, whose three-year undercover work exposed Planned Parenthood\u2019s involvement in the illegal buying and selling of body parts harvested from aborted babies.<\/p>\n<p>In her decision to keep the case and set a date for a trial, Judge Trask wrote that, while the State does have a legitimate interest in overseeing healthcare, its restrictions through the Reproductive FACT Act\u2014particularly that pro-life medical clinics include a phone number of where to get an abortion\u2014are problematic both for the clinic itself and for the patient herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe statute distorts the clinic&#8217;s speech, which can confuse the patient,\u201d Trask wrote. \u201cThe statute interferes both with the right of the clinician to speak and with the right of the patient to hear what the clinician would say in the absence of State censorship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trask went further in her opinion, lambasting the State for forcing pro-life people and groups to advertise abortions when it has several alternatives at its disposal\u2014none of which run aground of free speech and free religious exercise protections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State can deliver its message without infringing upon anyone&#8217;s liberty,\u201d Trask wrote. \u201cIt may purchase television advertisements as it does to encourage Californians to sign up for Covered California or to conserve water. It may purchase billboard space and post its message directly in front of Scharpen Foundation&#8217;s clinic. It can address the issue in its public schools as part of sex education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt can require that its signs be prominently posted in every public school classroom and in every women&#8217;s restroom located on public property. It can do everything but compel a free citizen to deliver that message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/petition\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-160409\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DefundAd-400b-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Freedom of Mind<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Approved by a Democrat supermajority in both legislative bodies and signed into law by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown in 2015, the Reproductive FACT Act was subsequently upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in October of 2016. Pro-life advocates are awaiting word to see if the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear the case Sept. 25.<\/p>\n<p>While it has only been enforced in one jurisdiction so far, the Reproductive FACT Act has since served as a template in Hawaii, which adopted a virtual carbon copy of the law July 12.<\/p>\n<p>A farther-reaching law has also been adopted in Illinois, which gutted its Healthcare Right of Conscience Act in 2016 and now requires pro-life medical professionals of all kinds\u2014including those serving with pregnancy centers\u2014to refer their patients for abortions and counsel as to the purported \u201cbenefits\u201d of the lethal procedure upon request.<\/p>\n<p>In Illinois, a judge has granted a preliminary injunction for three pregnancy centers that pro-life advocates hope will set the stage for a larger victory in that state. Alliance Defending Freedom, the Thomas More Society and others have all filed lawsuits challenging the mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike most challenges to California\u2019s law, which have appealed the U.S. Constitution\u2019s free speech and free exercise of religion provisions under the First Amendment, Scharpen\u2019s legal team appealed to the California\u2019s State Constitution\u2019s free speech and free exercise protections.<\/p>\n<p>California\u2019s Constitution, adopted in 1849, includes a Declaration of Rights independent of federal protections. Article 1, Section 2 of the California Constitution protects the right of \u201c[e]very person\u201d to \u201cfreely speak, write and publish his or her sentiments on all subjects\u201d\u2014which makes government-compelled speech laws more difficult to enact.<\/p>\n<p>When he filed his lawsuit in December of 2015, Scharpen\u2014also a pastor in Murrieta\u2014said he had no intention of posting the abortion notice, which pro-life advocates dubbed the \u201cBully Bill\u201d as it made its way through the Democratic-heavy legislature without a single Republican vote.<\/p>\n<p>While Scharpen\u2019s challenge to the law is far from its conclusion, Judge Trask\u2019s decision is the first victory of any kind for pro-life opponents to the Reproductive FACT Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely encouraged by Judge Trask\u2019s ruling,\u201d said Scharpen. \u201cThe Judge took a very thoughtful approach in reviewing prior case precedent and clearly demonstrated that the constitutionality of AB775 fails the test of appropriate scrutiny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: This article was originally published by <a href=\"https:\/\/pregnancyhelpnews.com\/scharpen-july18\">Pregnancy Help News<\/a> on July 18, 2017, and is reprinted here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Pregnancy Help News) It\u2019s been over a year and a half since clinic administrator Scott Scharpen filed a lawsuit challenging California\u2019s so-called Reproductive FACT Act (also known as AB775), which is the state\u2019s attempt to force pro-life medical clinics to advertise taxpayer-funded abortions. 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