Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers Celebrate Vermont Amending 'Discriminatory' Law

Vermont amends law that punished pro-life pregnancy centers for not touting abortion

The reversal, which came after a U.S. district court found that the law was likely discriminatory and therefore unconstitutional, allows faith-based pregnancy centers to focus on their lifesaving work without fear of government threats and punishment. A federal lawsuit challenging a Vermont law regulating pro-life pregnancy centers has been dismissed after state officials amended the statute to address concerns raised by the plaintiffs. The Nati…

Vermont Approves Amendment to Pro-Life Center Advertising Censorship Law

Vermont has amended a law that pro-life pregnancy centers claimed censored their ability to advertise. Vermont lawmakers approved a measure late last week to modify language in Senate Bill 37, a law passed in May 2023 that aimed to curb “misleading” advertisements by pro-life pregnancy care centers.

Vermont backs off of law targeting pro-life centers after lawsuit

Vermont State House, Montpellier, Vermont. / Credit: Nick Beer/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 2, 2025 / 17:07 pm (CNA). Under pressure from a lawsuit challenging a 2023 law restricting life-affirming pregnancy centers, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott sign... [...]

Vermont Backs Off of Law Targeting Pro-Life Centers After Lawsuit

Vermont flag Under pressure from a lawsuit challenging a 2023 law restricting life-affirming pregnancy centers, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill repealing those restrictions, allowing the centers to continue providing medical services, including abortion-pill reversal.

Foster Parents Challenge Vermont Policy Essentially Prohibiting Christians From Adopting

Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed their opening brief Friday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in Wuoti v. Winters. ADF attorneys represent two Vermont families who had their foster-care licenses revoked by the state because of their religious beliefs. Despite a track record of success and high praise from social workers who knew Brian and Katy Wuoti and Bryan and Rebecca Gantt, Vermont’s Department for Children and Fam…

Vermont Backs Off Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers — Will No Longer Censor Them

The Vermont legislature passed a bill in 2023 that blocked pro-life pregnancy centers, whose mission is to protect unborn life, from what lawmakers called false and misleading advertising about their services. The governor signed the bill into law. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which represents a coalition of pro-life pregnancy centers, said the law “censors the …