New York Attorney General Letitia James is currently facing legal challenges as she has been targeted in a lawsuit filed by multiple pro-life organizations. The lawsuit alleges that James attempted to hinder Christian pregnancy centers from promoting an ‘abortion pill reversal’ drug. Representing these groups is the Thomas More Society, a Catholic public interest law firm based in Chicago.
The faith-based pro-life centers have accused James of conducting a “witch hunt” after she sent out a “Notice of Proposed Litigation” letter on April 22 to various crisis pregnancy centers in New York. These letters serve as a warning that the Attorney General’s office intends to pursue injunctive relief, restitution, damages, civil penalties, and auditing due to what they claim are persistent misleading statements in the advertising of the Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) protocol.
Newsmax added: “The APR procedure is when a woman has changed her mind about aborting a pregnancy after taking mifepristone, a drug that is used to end a pregnancy. APR patients then take progesterone to nullify the effects of mifepristone. While the Abortion Pill Rescue Network claims APR has a 64%-68% success rate, neither the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists nor the FDA have endorsed the procedure.”
“This is a political witch-hunt against small nonprofits that have selflessly served New York’s pregnant women and their children for over 50 years,” Peter Breen, Thomas More Society Executive vice president said.
“Defendant James has no business butting into the intimate medical decision of an expectant mother, in consultation with the medical professional of her choice, to carry her pregnancy to term and save her unborn baby from the disastrous effects of mifepristone while there is still time to undo the effects of that powerful chemical,” the lawsuit says.
The president of Heartbeat International, Jor-El Godsey said: “New York State laws protect abortionists and abortion on demand up until birth. Now they are targeting those who assist a woman in exercising her right to continue her own pregnancy. It is unconscionable to see the abortion industry and its paid-for politicians go so far as to insist she complete an abortion she no longer wants.”
