Thu Jun 8, 2023 – 2:46 pm EDTThu Jun 8, 2023 – 2:47 pm EDT
CLEARWATER, Florida (Thomas More Society) — Attorneys with the Thomas More Society filed an amended complaint in federal court on June 7, 2023, representing a group of Florida life advocates whose free speech rights are being violated solely because they are sharing a pro-life message. The lawsuit charges the City of Clearwater with crossing the constitutional line by imposing a bubble zone ordinance, designed to prevent the approach and presence of individuals offering life-affirming alternatives to abortion-bound women.
“This bubble zone is clearly discriminatory and meant to stifle pro-life speech,” explained Tyler Brooks, Thomas More Society Senior Counsel. “It was instituted by the Clearwater city council for the express purpose of limiting the speech and activities of life advocates taking place outside of the deceptively genteel looking Bread and Roses abortion facility.”
“These abortion vendors have sought favor from the city in apparent retaliation for the increased public displeasure at the abortion facility’s presence,” added Brooks. He noted that the numbers of people praying and witnessing to the sanctity of human life outside of this abortion business have grown in the
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