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Letitia James has lost again in her effort to stop women from learning about abortion pill reversal (APR). In 2024, the New York AG sued pro-life pregnancy centers just for informing women about APR, a simple progesterone treatment which can save a baby’s life if a woman changes her mind after taking the first abortion pill. (This happens more often than you might think.) So @ADFLegal helped pregnancy centers sue the AG in federal court. Both the district court and 2nd Circuit ruled in their favor, saying that their speech about APR is protected under the First Amendment. But AG James then claimed that, in order to know exactly who she shouldn’t prosecute or punish for their protected speech, she needed the full membership list from one of our clients. That’s not true. The court already ruled that speaking about APR in this way is protected. And the Supreme Court has protected information like membership rolls for decades, because it recognizes how state officials can use them as a weapon to punish disfavored viewpoints. So we asked the federal court to extend its injunction to unnamed members of our client organization—not just those who were named parties in the original lawsuit. On Friday, the court did exactly that. Politicians like AG James call themselves “pro-choice.” But it’s amazing the lengths they’re willing to go to stop women from choosing life—or even from knowing what their choices are. Thankfully, the First Amendment still wins. Even in New York.