Hawaii has now passed a new law that forces pro-life pregnancy centers to tell their patients about free abortions or risk thousands of dollars in fines if they don’t:
CBN NEWS – Under a law signed on Wednesday, pro-life pregnancy centers in Hawaii will be forced to tell patients about free abortions provided by the state.
And if they don’t, they could face fines up to $1,000 dollars for a repeated offense.
There are currently five pro-life centers in the state.
The law is already being challenged by several pro-life pregnancy care centers and organizations:
The Alliance Defending Freedom is representing a pregnancy center on Oahu, as well as a network of other centers.
“Government is supposed to be freedom’s greatest protector, not its greatest threat,” said Elissa Graves, who is serving as legal counsel with ADF. “Americans should always have the freedom to think and speak without fear of unjust government punishment. Freedom of speech also means the freedom to not express views that would violate one’s conscience. Yet, under this law, Hawaii is forcing pro-life centers and physicians to provide free advertising for the abortion industry against their conscience. Because of the First Amendment’s protections, courts have repeatedly rejected these types of laws as unconstitutional.”
Another lawsuit filed earlier this week, Calvary Chapel Pearl Harbor v. Chin, would require a judge to declare the new law unconstitutional and force the state of Hawaii cease enforcing it.
The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, as well as the A Place for Women Pregnancy Care Center, are also challenging the mandate according to Christian News.
It’s despicable what these baby-murdering leftists will do all in the name of ‘choice’.
They are against laws that say a woman must have an ultrasound before an abortion, yet they want to force pregnancy centers to tell women how they can murder their babies for free?
Disgusting!