Update: New York Court Orders Lawsuits Remain in Rochester, Rejecting State’s Attempt to Shift Cases to Manhattan
New York Supreme Court Justice Sam Valleriani issued the consolidation order on
May 24, 2024. This combines a lawsuit brought by James against pregnancy help
organizations in Manhattan, New York, with the previously filed case brought by
the organizations in Rochester’s Monroe County Court. James had tried to
relocate the lawsuit against her from its Rochester venue to New York County
Court in Manhattan, hundreds of miles aways.
Peter Breen, Thomas More Society Executive
Vice President & Head of Litigation:
“For the
past month, Letitia James’ has tried to illegally frighten and harass New
York’s pregnancy help organizations into silence, threatening them with
lawsuits if they keep speaking their truthful message about Abortion Pill
Reversal. We brought suit in Rochester, near to where most of the organizations
are headquartered and work. Instead of agreeing to a convenient venue, James
then sued these charitable organizations in Manhattan, despite the fact that
not a single one of the organizations is located there. We are pleased that the
Court in Monroe County agreed that the cases should be consolidated together
and heard in Rochester, the ‘most fair, appropriate and logistically convenient
venue,’ and not in Manhattan, which has no connection to the case. We look
forward to defending Heartbeat International, CompassCare, and all of New
York’s pregnancy help organizations targeted by James’ unconstitutional
witch-hunt. New Yorkers deserve to know that Abortion Pill Reversal is not just
possible but safe and effective, and our clients have the right to share that truth with women who are
undergoing a chemical abortion that they do not want to continue.”
Thomas More Society attorneys
filed suit on April 30, 2024, against James in Monroe County, on behalf of
Heartbeat International and a group of New York pregnancy help organizations.
On May 6, 2024, James filed a lawsuit against the same organizations, in New
York County, which covers Manhattan.
Read the Order of Consolidation, granted May 24, 2024, by
Justice Sam L. Valleriani of the Supreme Court of the State of New York –
Monroe County, in the consolidated lawsuits, now titled Letitia
James v. Heartbeat International, et al., here.
Read the Decision on Motion to Consolidate, dated May 21, 2024, by Justice Sam
L. Valleriani of the Supreme Court of the State of New York – Monroe County, here.
Read the Memorandum of Law in Support of
Motion to Consolidate, filed by Thomas More Society attorneys on May 7, 2024, here.
Read about Thomas More Society’s
representation of Heartbeat International, CompassCare, and other pregnancy
help organizations in New York, and see relevant legal filings, here.
Thomas More Society is a
national not-for-profit law firm dedicated to restoring respect in law for
life, family, and freedom. Headquartered in Chicago and with offices across the
country, the Thomas More Society fosters support for these causes by providing
high quality pro bono legal services from local trial courts all the way up to
the United States Supreme Court. For more information, visit thomasmoresociety.org
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