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Pro-Life Groups in Texas Sue for Right to Call Abortion a Crime

Pro-Life Groups in Texas Sue for Right to Call Abortion a Crime
Pro-choice and pro-life activists demonstrate in front of the the US Supreme Court during the 47th annual March for Life in Washington on Jan. 24, 2020. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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Eight pro-life activists in Texas are suing pro-abortion groups to protect themselves from lawsuits they claim the groups filed to chill their constitutionally protected free speech rights.

“These filings were prompted by aggressive attacks by abortion promoters in Texas: Afiya Center, Texas Equal Access Fund, and Lilith Fund for Reproductive Equity,” said lawyer Erick Kaardal of Thomas More Society, a Chicago-based public-interest law firm specializing in religious freedom issues.