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A new lawsuit alleges that California Attorney General Rob Bonta is illegally hampering state pro-life pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) from talking to women about so-called “abortion pill reversal” (APR) \u2013 arguing that Bonta\u2019s actions violate their constitutional rights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>lawsuit<\/span><\/a>, filed on October 2 by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) on behalf of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) and its California member SCV Pregnancy Resource Center, states that the California AG\u2019s \u201ccredible threat of prosecution\u201d was hindering them from their ministry, which includes giving supplemental progesterone to women who regret taking the abortion pill.\u00a0 The lawsuit alleges AG Bonta\u2019s actions violate their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Constitution protects Plaintiffs\u2019 right to speak to the public and women about lawful medical treatments provided by licensed medical professionals,\u201d the lawsuit argues. Talking to women about the APR protocol, plaintiffs say, means the PRCs could be \u201csubject to injunctions, civil penalties of up to $2,500 per \u2018violation,\u2019 and potential jail time.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bonta has turned up the pressure against pro-life activities in recent years. After the Supreme Court <\/span>Dobbs <\/span><\/i>decision overturned <\/span>Roe v. Wade<\/span><\/i>, the AG published a <\/span>consumer warning<\/span><\/a> targeting pro-life PRCs. Additionally, he published a state <\/span>webpage<\/span><\/a> encouraging people \u201cwho believe their right to reproductive healthcare, including accessing abortion, has been violated\u201d to report PRCs. In 2023, Bonta <\/span>sued<\/span><\/a> two PRC chains in the state for offering information about APR, falsely claiming the pro-life protocol lacks scientific backing.<\/span><\/p>\n

READ: Former abortionist exposes this \u2018dangerous\u2019 abortion industry practice in \u2018Face to Face\u2019 series<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

As Live Action News has <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a>, there are <\/span>several<\/span><\/a> studies with very good preliminary evidence that show that “abortion pill reversal” is effective and that bioidentical progesterone \u2013 a hormone made naturally by the body \u2013 is safe. In fact, the ADF\u2019s lawsuit claims that AG Bonta is aware of these studies, and alleges his ultimate goal is to prevent pro-life speech.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Attorney General cites some of those studies in his lawsuit, so he knows that scientific research supports the statements at issue,\u201d the lawsuit alleges. \u201cYet he has chosen to target organizations that tell women about this option because of their pro-life viewpoint and the content of their speech.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Caleb Dalton, Senior Counsel with ADF, emphasized that depriving women of this kind of information hinders their ability to make fully informed decisions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAccess to information is a hallmark of a free society and is essential to making informed medical choices. But California\u2019s attorney general is silencing pregnancy centers and censoring information about life-saving medical options,\u201d Dalton said in a <\/span>statement<\/span><\/a> on the ADF\u2019s website. \u201cAttorney General Bonta and his allies at Planned Parenthood may not like it, but the truth is that many women regret their abortions, and some seek to stop the effects of chemical abortion drugs before taking the second drug in the abortion drug process. Women deserve to know all their options every step of the way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He added, \u201cEvery woman should have the option to reconsider going through with an abortion, and the pro-life pregnancy centers we represent in this case truthfully inform women about that choice. We are urging the court to affirm the pregnancy centers\u2019 freedom to tell the public about this lawful, life-saving treatment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

PRCs in New York <\/span>successfully<\/span><\/a> brought a <\/span>similar suit<\/span><\/a> against their state\u2019s AG, who likewise threatened to sue them for \u201cmisleading statements\u201d regarding APR.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A new lawsuit alleges that California Attorney General Rob Bonta is illegally hampering state pro-life pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) from talking to women about so-called “abortion pill reversal” (APR) \u2013 arguing that Bonta\u2019s actions violate their constitutional rights.\u00a0 The lawsuit, filed on October 2 by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) on behalf of the National […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":606,"featured_media":299574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nPregnancy resource center files lawsuit against California attorney general<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A lawsuit alleges the California AG is illegally preventing pregnancy resource centers from talking to women about abortion pill reversal.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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