City repeals, replaces sign ordinance for pregnancy centers: The Austin City Council repealed an ordinance Thursday that requires some centers that counsel women with unplanned pregnancies to post entrance signs saying they don't offer or refer clients to abortion or birth control services.
The council replaced it with a new, similar ordinance that omits "abortion" and "birth control" from the signs and instead requires the centers to say on the signs whether they offer medical services under the direction of a licensed health care provider.
The four Austin centers that were subject to the original ordinance sued the city over the ordinance last year , saying it violated their constitutional rights and targeted them for their Christian views against abortion and contraception.
Attorneys for the centers said Thursday that the new wording still unfairly singles out their clients and that they plan to proceed with their lawsuit.
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