Court Blocks Enactment of New York City Law Targeting Crisis Pregnancy Centers

ACLJ Secures First Amendment Win as Court Blocks Enactment of New York City Law Targeting Crisis Pregnancy Centers | American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ - ACLJ.org: In a decision issued today by Judge William H. Pauley in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the court concluded the law violates free speech saying the law's 'over-expansiveness is evident from its very language.' The court was especially critical of the City's desire to single-out crisis pregnancy centers with the new law.

'Defendants' second argument--that Plaintiffs engage in commercial speech because they are provided an audience to whom they can espouse their beliefs--is particularly offensive to free speech principles,' the court declared.