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PRO-LIFE WIN: District Court upholds free speech for NY pregnancy centers
A United States District Court has ruled in favor of New York pregnancy centers and their right to tell clients about the process of abortion pill reversal.
The United States District Court for the Western District of New York ruled on Friday that pregnancy centers in NY are free to advertise abortion pill reversal to women.
The case began in 2024 when New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a civil lawsuit against the pro-life group Heartbeat International and 11 pro-life pregnancy centers in New York over their promotion of abortion pill reversal.
She claimed the effects of the abortion pill cannot be reversed, however, 8,000 babies have been saved by the process so far.
According to an order from a US District Court on Friday, pregnancy resource centers in New York, specifically Gianna's House and Options Care Center, along with the National Institute for Family and Life Advocates, are free to speak about abortion pill reversal.
“Many women regret their abortions, and some change their minds after taking the first abortion drug and want to try to save their unborn babies’ lives. The district court was right to allow women to hear about this option and make that choice," said Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Gabriella McIntyre in a press release. "The New York attorney general has desperately tried to censor and keep women in the dark about abortion-pill reversal, but they have every right to be empowered with information about this potentially life-saving option.”
This ruling is a pro-life win in a case that began with New York Attorney General Letitia James' attempt to silence pregnancy centers.
The abortion pill mifepristone kills the preborn child by blocking the naturally occurring pregnancy hormone progesterone, depriving the growing child of nutrients. The second drug of the regimen, misoprostol, causes contractions that expel the baby. If a woman regrets her decision but has taken the mifepristone, she can take progesterone, which can work to counteract the mifepristone and, therefore, save the baby's life. That is what abortion pill reversal is.
Progesterone has been used for decades to help women sustain a pregnancy after they have suffered multiple miscarriages. A page on the abortion pill reversal website shares testimonials of the lives saved through this process, proving that it has been successful. To date, more than 8,000 lives have been saved thanks to abortion pill reversal.
In May 2024, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a civil lawsuit against the pro-life group Heartbeat International and 11 pro-life pregnancy centers in New York over their promotion of abortion pill reversal. She claimed that the organizations were engaging in fraud, false advertising, and deceptive business practices by advertising abortion pill reversal. She claims that progesterone is unsafe, despite its long history of helping prevent miscarriage and a total lack of evidence that it harms women.
“Abortions cannot be reversed. Any treatments that claim to do so are made without scientific evidence and could be unsafe,” said James. “Heartbeat International and the other crisis pregnancy center defendants are spreading dangerous misinformation by advertising 'abortion reversals' without any medical and scientific proof. Amid the increase in attacks on reproductive health care nationwide, we must protect pregnant people’s right to make safe, well-informed decisions about their health. Your reproductive health care decisions are yours and yours alone, and my office will always protect New Yorkers from those who push a scientifically unproven and potentially life-threatening intervention.”
In August 2024, U.S. District Judge John Sinatra Jr. blocked the Attorney General from taking enforcement action against pregnancy centers and allowing them to continue promoting abortion pill reversal. James followed up that ruling with an appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
In December 2025, the Court of Appeals upheld the preliminary injunction, ruling that, as the case proceeded, New York could not restrict the speech of the pregnancy centers.
Now, the District Court has upheld that ruling, extending the injunction.
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·PRO-LIFE WIN: District Court upholds free speech for NY pregnancy centers
A United States District Court has ruled in favor of New York pregnancy centers and their right to tell clients about the process of abortion pill reversal.
The United States District Court for the Western District of New York ruled on Friday that pregnancy centers in NY are free to advertise abortion pill reversal to women.
The case began in 2024 when New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a civil lawsuit against the pro-life group Heartbeat International and 11 pro-life pregnancy centers in New York over their promotion of abortion pill reversal.
She claimed the effects of the abortion pill cannot be reversed, however, 8,000 babies have been saved by the process so far.
According to an order from a US District Court on Friday, pregnancy resource centers in New York, specifically Gianna's House and Options Care Center, along with the National Institute for Family and Life Advocates, are free to speak about abortion pill reversal.
“Many women regret their abortions, and some change their minds after taking the first abortion drug and want to try to save their unborn babies’ lives. The district court was right to allow women to hear about this option and make that choice," said Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Gabriella McIntyre in a press release. "The New York attorney general has desperately tried to censor and keep women in the dark about abortion-pill reversal, but they have every right to be empowered with information about this potentially life-saving option.”
This ruling is a pro-life win in a case that began with New York Attorney General Letitia James' attempt to silence pregnancy centers.
The abortion pill mifepristone kills the preborn child by blocking the naturally occurring pregnancy hormone progesterone, depriving the growing child of nutrients. The second drug of the regimen, misoprostol, causes contractions that expel the baby. If a woman regrets her decision but has taken the mifepristone, she can take progesterone, which can work to counteract the mifepristone and, therefore, save the baby's life. That is what abortion pill reversal is.
Progesterone has been used for decades to help women sustain a pregnancy after they have suffered multiple miscarriages. A page on the abortion pill reversal website shares testimonials of the lives saved through this process, proving that it has been successful. To date, more than 8,000 lives have been saved thanks to abortion pill reversal.
In May 2024, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a civil lawsuit against the pro-life group Heartbeat International and 11 pro-life pregnancy centers in New York over their promotion of abortion pill reversal. She claimed that the organizations were engaging in fraud, false advertising, and deceptive business practices by advertising abortion pill reversal. She claims that progesterone is unsafe, despite its long history of helping prevent miscarriage and a total lack of evidence that it harms women.
“Abortions cannot be reversed. Any treatments that claim to do so are made without scientific evidence and could be unsafe,” said James. “Heartbeat International and the other crisis pregnancy center defendants are spreading dangerous misinformation by advertising 'abortion reversals' without any medical and scientific proof. Amid the increase in attacks on reproductive health care nationwide, we must protect pregnant people’s right to make safe, well-informed decisions about their health. Your reproductive health care decisions are yours and yours alone, and my office will always protect New Yorkers from those who push a scientifically unproven and potentially life-threatening intervention.”
In August 2024, U.S. District Judge John Sinatra Jr. blocked the Attorney General from taking enforcement action against pregnancy centers and allowing them to continue promoting abortion pill reversal. James followed up that ruling with an appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
In December 2025, the Court of Appeals upheld the preliminary injunction, ruling that, as the case proceeded, New York could not restrict the speech of the pregnancy centers.
Now, the District Court has upheld that ruling, extending the injunction.
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