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Not a Real Olive Branch: Obama’s phony compromise on contraception

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Wesley J. Smith The Obama administration pulled another fast one when it announced its much-anticipated “compromise” on the free-birth-control rule as it affects religious employers opposed to contraception. There was hope in some quarters that the administration would back off its narrow religious exemption. Alas, a careful reading of the proposed rule shows that instead […]

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Supreme Court Grants Review of Massachusetts Buffer Zone Law

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(June 24, 2013 – Washington DC) The Supreme Court announced today that it will review a decision of the First Circuit upholding a Massachusetts law that severely restricts the free speech of pro-life advocates. In McCullen v. Coakley, seven Massachusetts residents who engaged in pro-life counseling outside of abortion clinics challenged a state statute creating

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Pro-Life and Pro-Abortion Laws Considered for Review at Supreme Court

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This week, the Supreme Court of the United States is scheduled to consider petitions for certiorari review in three cases of interest to pro-life advocates. In Cline v. Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice the lower court held that requiring abortion providers who dispense the RU-486 abortion pill to adhere to Federal Food and Drug Administration

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Free Speech, San Francisco-Style

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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is considering an ordinance to curb free speech activities outside of – you guessed it – abortion clinics. San Francisco currently has a “bubble zone” ordinance that restricts the free speech activities of pro-life advocates. The new measure would expand this into a “speech-free zone,”  a permanent 25-foot buffer

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Pro-Life Advocates Unconstitutionally Prohibited from Offering Help to Women

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Life Legal Defense Foundation Asks Supreme Court to Strike Down Discriminatory Massachusetts Ruling This week Life Legal Defense Foundation is urging the United States Supreme Court to review a First Circuit decision which severely limits free speech of pro-life advocates. In McCullen v. Coakley, seven Massachusetts residents who engaged in pro-life counseling outside of abortion

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Repression—the Order of the Day in San Francisco

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On March 19, 2013, San Francisco Supervisor Dave Campos proposed an ordinance to—yet again—significantly limit free speech activities within the City. The measure is specifically aimed at restricting sidewalk counseling near abortion clinics. San Francisco currently limits free speech activities in front of abortion clinics through a “bubble zone” ordinance: within 100 feet of a

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Hoye Wins Order for Evenhanded Application of Oakland Ordinance

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The case involving Pastor Walter Hoye’s right to Free Speech was back in court last week for a determination of proper remedy after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal’s July ruling that Oakland’s enforcement of its “bubble zone” ordinance “is a constitutionally invalid, content-based regulation of speech.” The hearing resulted in an order requiring Oakland

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Seminar: Defending the Free Speech Rights of Pro-Life Advocates — January 20, 2012: LLDF to offer CLE in San Francisco

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Download PDF / Word The Free Speech CLE Registration Form. January 20, 2012: LLDF to offer CLE in San Francisco Life Legal Defense Foundation is pleased to announce a new Continuing Legal Education seminar, “Defending the Free Speech Rights of Pro-Life Advocates,” in cooperation with the Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns of the

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The Obama Administration Targets Another Pro-Life Sidewalk Counselor

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Meredith Parente peacefully distributes life saving literature to women outside of Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania Liberty Avenue. She now finds herself the subject of a lawsuit brought by the US Department of Justice. Similar to David Hamilton, Scott Retta, and Mary Pine, she is being prosecuted under the federal FACE Act.  The Government is

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