Fox News - Abortion Foes Celebrate Judge's Ruling Blocking New York City’s Disclosure Law

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Abortion foes are celebrating a federal judge’s decision to temporarily bar New York from imposing a new ordinance on pregnancy crisis centers that would require them to post signs and clearly advertise whether they offered abortions and emergency contraceptives.

Critics argued the law is unconstitutional because it violated the centers’ right to free speech and unfairly singled out anti-abortion groups and not places like Planned Parenthood. But supporters say the law will strengthen consumer protection by cracking down on false or misleading advertising.

Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, which represented some pregnancy centers in the case, called the ruling a “significant victory.”

“What’s encouraging is that the court clearly understood that this measure is not only wrong, but violates the First Amendment rights of our clients,” he said in a statement posted on the group’s website. “ . . .

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