(Automatic document feeder (ADF)) Attorneys for Alliance Defending Freedom, representing two nonprofit pro-life pregnancy centers and a nonprofit network of affiliated centers, will present their case Thursday following oral arguments in federal district court in National Institute of Family and Life Lawyers v. James.

The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, Gianna’s House and Options Care Center are sue New York Attorney General Letitia James is abusing her authority by censoring pro-abortion pregnancy centers for informing women about the possibility of using progesterone to reverse the abortion pill. Progesterone is a safe and naturally occurring hormone that, when taken in a timely manner, can often be used successfully to combat the life-threatening effects of abortion drugs.

“Women in New York saved their babies because they had access to information about abortion pill reversal through their local pregnancy centers. But the Attorney General is denying women the opportunity to even hear about this life-saving option,” said Caleb Dalton, lead attorney for ADF, who will argue in court. “Many women regret their abortion, and some seek to stop the effects of abortion medication before taking the second medication in the abortion process. Taking extra progesterone can give them a chance to save their baby’s life. Women should have the opportunity to reconsider an abortion, and the pro-life pregnancy centers we represent in this case are truthfully informing them about that choice. We ask the court to affirm pregnancy centers’ freedom to tell interested women about this life-saving treatment option.”

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James recently sued 11 religious pro-life pregnancy centers and a network of affiliated centers in the state, claiming that despite evidence to the contrary, the centers are spreading “false and misleading” information about this progesterone treatment. She is unlawfully attacking and threatening pro-life pregnancy centers for promoting and offering a service that gives women the opportunity to change their minds about their pregnancy.

Pregnancy centers want to truthfully inform women who have taken the first abortifacient that it may be possible to mitigate its deadly effects if they change their minds and seek treatment within the first few days of taking the first drug. But their truthful testimony about progesterone treatment is being blocked by the Attorney General’s politically motivated lawsuit targeting similar statements.

Several studies support the information the centers want to provide to women. The body naturally uses progesterone to maintain a pregnancy, and medical professionals have used it for decades to prevent miscarriages and prevent premature birth safely and effectively. Statistics show that reversing the abortion pill is likely over 5,000 unborn lives saved and has a 64-68% success rate. Nevertheless, the Attorney General has targeted centers that inform women of this option because of the pro-life views and content-based nature of the centers’ statements. ADF’s lawyers say in the lawsuit that such actions by a government official violate the pregnancy centers’ First Amendment rights to free speech and exercise of their religious beliefs.

Michael G. McCartin and Denis Kitchen, two of more than 4,800 attorneys in the ADF Attorney Network, serve as local legal counsel on behalf of the pregnancy centers.

Editor’s note: This article was published by Alliance Defending Freedom and is reprinted with permission. Heartbeat International manages the Abortion Pill Rescue® Network (APRN) and Pregnancy Help News. Heartbeat International is currently the subject of two lawsuits brought by state attorneys general related to the sharing of abortion pill reversal information.