Posted on 11/05/2021 6:51:41 PM PDT by marshmallow
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California ruled Saturday in Right to Life of Central California v. Bonta that a state law wrongfully restricted Right to Life of Central California’s free speech rights. The court determined that SB 742, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law in October, likely unlawfully discriminates against Right to Life’s peaceful outreach to women, and thus granted the pro-life group’s request for a temporary restraining order to halt enforcement of discriminatory parts of the law against any speaker while the lawsuit moves forward.
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing Right to Life of Central California argued before the federal district court Thursday after filing a lawsuit that challenged the state of California’s attempt to unconstitutionally restrict speech based on viewpoint and content by creating 100-foot censorship zones outside of any facility that provides any type of vaccine. State law SB 742 bans certain free-speech activities when a speaker is within 30 feet of another person and that other person is “in a public way or on a sidewalk area” and “within 100 feet of the entrance or exit of a vaccination site and is seeking to enter or exit a vaccination site.” This law restricts Right to Life’s ability to peaceably offer charitable services to women in need on the public sidewalk and street outside its own building—and even its own parking lot—because Right to Life is located next to a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic that administers the HPV vaccine.
“Free speech won the day not just for our client, Right to Life, but for every other speaker in California. We applaud the court’s decision to protect the First Amendment rights of every Californian, regardless of their viewpoint, and halt enforcement of this unconstitutional state law,” said ADF......
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Good news! Thank you Lord.
The ACLU actually fought the law that said anti-abortion people had to stay 60 feet away from the entrance to the abortion mill, and won.
“Thank you Lotd” was my immediate response too.
And what do you know the ACLU actually defended free speech for once.
Great news!
God bless the faithful who pray in front of the killing centers. They ARE saving the innocent from slaughter, telling moms the truth and offering a helping hand.
These brave pro-life people. Very much fighting the 21st century Nazis.
“stay 60 feet away.” Whatever. Everyone who pray within 100 yards of an abortion clinic will get rude looks from walkers and drivers.
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