Federal court rules in favor of pregnancy resource centers, free speech

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Bowman regarding a federal court’s order late last week in Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore which upholds the free speech of pregnancy resource centers by ruling against a city ordinance that forced the centers to promote messages at odds with their pro-life beliefs and mission:

“No American should be forced to promote activities or speak messages that violate their deepest convictions, as Baltimore’s ordinance required. That law is very similar to ones in other places of the country, such as California and Illinois, where ADF is currently seeking to protect the constitutionally protected freedoms of other pregnancy resource centers that are being threatened by the government. The court’s decision in this case will provide persuasive precedent to defend free speech there and in other states. We commend allied attorney Mark Rienzi and the rest of the pregnancy centers’ legal team for this important First Amendment victory.”