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Several pro-life groups are suing the state of California over a mandate that prohibits free speech. While the law is intended to prevent people from protesting outside areas where COVID-19 vaccines are being administered, pro-life groups say it is an underhanded way to stop them from peacefully assembling outside abortion facilities, since many Planned Parenthood centers in the state are administering vaccines.<\/p>\n

On October 8, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 742<\/a>, which prohibits protestors from coming within\u00a030 feet of anyone who is within 100 feet of a vaccination facility, including people in cars. While the law was passed under the guise of protecting people from anti-vaccination protests, pro-lifers immediately saw it as a threat. That’s because Planned Parenthood is a protected vaccination site in the state. Now, any peaceful prayer or sidewalk counseling outside its facilities may be construed as “harassment.”<\/p>\n

In response, Right to Life Central California, represented by the Alliance for Defending Freedom, filed a federal lawsuit. The organization’s headquarters are right next door to Planned Parenthood Mar Monte’s Fresno location, and the two share a parking lot. Right to Life believes that Gov. Newsom’s new law will severely restrict their ability to minister to women who are entering the abortion facility.<\/p>\n

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“This law restricts Right to Life\u2019s ability to peaceably offer charitable services to women in need on the public sidewalk and street outside its own building\u2014and even its own parking lot\u2014because Right to Life is located next to a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic that administers the HPV vaccine,” the group said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen facing unplanned pregnancies deserve to have full support and resources available to them when they choose life for their unborn children; yet the state of California is working hard to silence the voices of those advocating on their behalf,\u201d said ADF Senior Counsel Denise Harle. \u201cThis new speech ban unlawfully discriminates against the peaceful advocacy of Right to Life, yet other types of speech, such as \u2018lawful picketing arising out of a labor dispute,\u2019 are permissible. We are asking the court to strike down this unconstitutional law that violates staff and volunteers\u2019 free speech rights and allow Right to Life to continue its critical role of serving vulnerable women and children in central California.\u201d<\/p>\n

Life Legal Defense Foundation is another group that says it is suing the state on behalf of pro-life sidewalk counselors. “Creating\u00a0no-approach\u00a0zones around every\u00a0abortion facility,\u00a0drug store, stand-alone health clinic, and supermarket in the state\u00a0is unconstitutionally over-inclusive and overbroad,\u201d said<\/a> Life Legal Chief Officer Katie Short.\u00a0\u201cIn an age of unprecedented\u00a0incursions on freedom, this law is\u00a0an\u00a0unheard-of restriction on core First Amendment activities, and\u00a0we are confident that\u00a0the federal court will\u00a0strike down SB 742.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Several pro-life groups are suing the state of California over a mandate that prohibits free speech. While the law is intended to prevent people from protesting outside areas where COVID-19 vaccines are being administered, pro-life groups say it is an underhanded way to stop them from peacefully assembling outside abortion facilities, since many Planned Parenthood […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":211767,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[2793,3473],"tags":[8134,455,13311,14,8648,13452,13451],"yoast_head":"\nGroups sue California over vaccine buffer zone that could limit pro-life speech<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Planned Parenthood is a protected vaccination site in the state. 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