Federal Court Awards Pro-Lifers $1 Over Unconstitutional Abortion-Facility Rule in New York State

Federal court awards pro-lifers $1 over unconstitutional abortion clinic rule

null / Credit: Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 20, 2025 / 13:26 pm (CNA). Pro-life activists in New York state were awarded $1 this month after a court found that a county abortion clinic rule violated their constitutional free spee... [...]

Federal Court Awards Pro-Lifers $1 Over Unconstitutional Abortion-Facility Rule in New York State

sergign/shutterstock A gavel rests on a desk. The plaintiffs were only seeking ‘nominal damages’ in the suit, the court noted, leading the judge to order the dollar award. The county had already repealed the ordinance in question prior to the ruling.