U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Domenico late Saturday granted Bella Health and Wellness — an independent medical clinic with locations in Englewood and Denver — a narrow preliminary i…
Colorado can’t prohibit a Catholic health clinic from using a controversial medication abortion “reversal” treatment, a federal judge ruled over the weekend in a lawsuit that seeks to block the first-of-its-kind state law on religious freedom grounds.
“There is no question whether burdens Bella Health’s free exercise of religion,” Domenico wrote in his ruling. “It does. Bella Health considers it a religious obligation to provide treatment for pregnant mothers and to protect unborn life if the mother seeks to stop or reverse an abortion.”Medical providers at Bella Health argued the prohibitions on advertising further violated their First Amendment rights.
Domenico dismissed the Bella Health providers’ claims against McCann, Kelle, and Dougherty, but denied both the attorney general’s and nursing board’s motions to dismiss. Finally, Domenico referred to transcripts and notes from legislative hearings showing the lawmakers sponsoring the bill allegedly knew the ban would largely affect religious-based institutions providing the medication.
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