Meanwhile, In Vermont ...

Pro-life pregnancy centers sue Vermont over ‘viewpoint-discriminatory’ law.

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor 

An examination room at the Pregnancy Resource Center of Metro Richmond, based in Richmond, Virginia. | The Christian Post

A group of pro-life pregnancy care centers have sued Vermont over a state law they claim will unconstitutionally infringe on their ability to advertise their services and counsel patients because they do not provide abortions.

Aspire Together, Inc., Branches Pregnancy Resources Center and the National Institute for Family and Life Advocates filed the suit last week in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.

Defendants named in the complaint include Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark, Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas, Office of Professional Regulation Director Kevin Rushing, Vermont Commissioner of Health Mark Levine, individual members of the Vermont Board of Medical Practice, individual members of the Vermont State Board of Nursing and Naturopathic Physician Advisor Courtney Bowers.

At issue in the lawsuit was a law passed in May that, among other things, seeks to crack down on alleged misinformation in the advertising made by pro-life pregnancy care centers.

The centers suing Vermont argue that the new law “censors the centers’ ability to advertise their free services” and “precludes centers from offering non-medical services, information, and counseling unless provided by a licensed health care provider.”