Sidewalk Counseling

Fighting MURDER MILL’S frivolous action against PEACEFUL PRO-LIFE ACTIVISTS….

Dozens of abortion mills have been shuttered since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. So far, 15 states have passed laws prohibiting abortionists from murdering children in the womb.  As pro-life advocates focus their life-saving efforts at the abortion clinics that remain open, abortionists are more desperate than ever to silence them. Consequently, …

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Fighting on against UNJUST CONVICTIONS of PRO-LIFE HEROES….

After Washington DC juries convicted nine pro-life defendants associated with an abortion mill rescue in 2020 earlier this month, Life Legal’s battle for their freedom is far from over. The defendants were taken into custody immediately after the trial and are still in jail, awaiting sentencing. The defendants were charged with violation of the “Freedom of …

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New crazy argument for abortion: judge says CHILDBIRTH EQUALS SLAVERY…!

A federal judge in a case involving 10 pro-life defendants indicted on charges of violating the  Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and engaging in a “conspiracy against rights” has proposed that a right to abortion may be found in the Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution. The Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in 1865, prohibits …

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How abortion extremists CIRCUMVENT THE FIRST AMENDMENT to CRUSH pro-life speech….

Isabel Vaughan-Spruce was arrested last week after she acknowledged that she “might be praying in my head” outside a Birmingham, England abortion mill. A local ordinance prohibits “anti-social behavior,” which is defined as engaging in any act of approval or disapproval with respect to abortion services – including prayer. But such egregious suppression of free …

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OUTRAGEOUS INTIMIDATION against Mark Houck AND OTHERS won’t stop pro-lifers from SPEAKING TRUTH…!

As you may be aware, last week more than 25 FBI agents raided the home of Mark Houck, a pro-life Catholic and father of seven children. The agents confronted Houck at gunpoint and arrested him in front of his family. Houck regularly prays with and for women outside the Planned Parenthood Elizabeth Blackwell abortion mill …

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Life Legal fights to save pro-life heroes from FALSE CHARGES…! 

Pro-aborts are at it again. They will stop at nothing to stop the peaceful, prayerful pro-life witness outside their death mills. Abortion deathscorts across the country are wasting public resources by calling the police for such “crimes” as tapping someone on the shoulder or retrieving a cell phone. Here are a few recent cases:  Eric* …

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We won’t let California STRANGLE pro-life speech…!

Life Legal is suing the state of California over a new law that restricts pro-life activity outside abortion clinics and online. The law, AB 1356, criminalizes electronically recording abortion workers and/or within 100 feet of the entrance of an abortion clinic for the purpose of intimidating them from going into the clinic. AB 1356 law is discriminatory in that it specifically targets pro-life activity while exempting members of the media. Life Legal is …

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Life Legal defends PRO-LIFE SPEECH against NEWSOM POWER GRAB…!

Life Legal filed a lawsuit in federal court today challenging a new California law that will suppress pro-life speech outside abortion mills. Using the threat of COVID as an excuse, the Legislature enacted a breathtaking restriction on speech that will ban core First Amendment activity in numerous locations across California.  The law, SB 742, was signed by Governor Newsom on Friday. While SB …

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Second Circuit Reverses Course, Affirms Judgment of NO Injunction Against Sidewalk Counselors

A panel of Second Circuit judges has apparently thought better of using federal and state laws to shut down sidewalk counseling outside an abortion clinic in Jamaica, Queens, New York.   New York vs. Griepp began at the federal district court level in 2017. For years, the New York Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has been trying to hobble sidewalk counselors and prevent …

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Last-minute reversal: Life Legal prevents DISASTER for BABY-SAVING sidewalk counseling NATIONWIDE….

In an abrupt about-face, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated its own appalling ruling in New York vs. Griepp and has agreed to rehear the case. The now-vacated ruling could have been used to criminalize sidewalk counseling throughout the United States.   Life Legal filed an amicus brief on behalf of sidewalk counselors and advocates, including 40 …

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