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On June 17, 2022, the <\/span>Supreme Court of Texas<\/span> announced it will hear cases concerning pro-lifer Mark Lee Dickson and Right to Life East Texas. The court will hear two cases: The Lilith Fund for Reproductive Equality v. Mark Lee Dickson<\/em> and Right to Life East Texas, and Mark Lee Dickson and Right to Life East Texas v. The AFIYA Center and Texas Equal Access Fund<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As previously<\/span> reported<\/span><\/a> by Live Action News, the case claims that Mark Lee Dickson, the Director of Right to Life of East Texas and Founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Initiative, defamed the Lilith Fund with his comments concerning their billboard which boldly stated, \u201cAbortion is Freedom.\u201d Dickson remarked in response that abortion is \u201cmurder\u201d and \u201ccriminal,\u201d referring to pre-Roe<\/em> Texas laws that, while not currently in effect, have never been repealed.<\/span><\/p>\n

In response to the accusations against him, Dickson <\/span>said<\/span><\/a>, \u201cThe Lilith Fund and other abortion-aiding organizations all take part in the murder of innocent unborn human beings. The statements which I have made are rooted not in my own imagination, but in the law written on all of our hearts, in the Constitution of the United States of America, in the Texas Constitution, and in the laws of the great State of Texas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0ACLU withdraws lawsuit against seven Texas \u2018sanctuary cities for the unborn\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In September 2021, the 7th District Court of Appeals in Texas ruled in a 3-0 decision in favor of Mark Lee Dickson against the\u00a0Lilith\u00a0Fund, a pro-abortion organization that says it \u201chelps people pay for abortions when they can\u2019t afford it.\u201d The district court <\/span>determined<\/span><\/a> that Dickson\u2019s words were constitutionally protected, saying the comments the case was based upon were \u201cinactionable.\u201d It was also decided that the Lilith Fund would be responsible for all of Dickson\u2019s court costs and attorney fees.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Friday, Dickson <\/span>shared<\/span><\/a> the news that the Supreme Court of Texas will hear the cases and, tweeting, \u201cAbortion is murder. The abortion industry is involved in murdering children, and none of us should fear a defamation lawsuit for stating these truths.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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