January 1, Colorado Judge Blocks Abortion Reversal Ban

Wyatt’s Take

• Judge sides with life, blocking Colorado’s abortion pill reversal ban
• Court exposes state’s selective use of science and hormones
• Victory for faith-based clinics and women’s real choice

Colorado just saw a major win for pro-life Americans and religious freedom. In a big case, a federal judge permanently blocked the state from punishing clinics that help women reverse chemical abortions. Colorado lawmakers tried to ban this process, called abortion pill reversal (APR), which uses a natural hormone, progesterone, to try to save a pregnancy after a woman takes the first abortion pill but hasn’t finished the process.

This decision builds on years of battles in Colorado, where religious folks have had to fight all the way to the Supreme Court just to live out their beliefs. The judge found that Colorado’s ban went after churches and pro-life healthcare workers just because they help women choose life.

Lawyers for Bella Health and Wellness and nurse midwife Chelsea Mynyk defended their Christian duty to give women options. Their clinic argued that making APR illegal “forces women to have abortions against their will” if they change their mind and want to keep their baby.

As Bella’s lawyer put it, “Colorado should never have tried to stop Bella from helping pregnant women who want to choose life for their babies,” stressing that women should not be forced to go through with abortions they don’t want.

Another lawyer fighting for these clinics said, “The court is right to rule that the state can’t force women to follow through with a chemical abortion when a safe alternative is available – one that Chelsea and the pro-life plaintiffs in this case can skillfully provide.”

Democrat officials claimed that abortion pill reversal is some kind of scam, but respected doctors have pushed back, saying if their own child made a mistake with the abortion pill, they’d recommend the same treatment. The science on how well APR works is still heating up, but the judge pointed out that “nobody has been injured by the treatment and a number of women have successfully given birth after receiving it.”

Here’s something that should give every middle American pause: Colorado’s medical board tried to argue that using progesterone to save a pregnancy is unsafe. But the state is totally fine encouraging the same hormone for medicalized gender transitions, even though those uses haven’t been proven safe either.

The prosecutor in the case admitted there hasn’t even been an investigation of these clinics for “false advertising” or violations of the law. That tells you the whole ban was about making an example of pro-lifers, not protecting women.

The judge said what we’ve all been thinking – the law targets only one use of an FDA-approved drug (progesterone), and lets doctors use it for anything else they want except APR. That’s not equal treatment, and it’s not neutral. The courts saw through Colorado’s double standard.

The ruling guarantees that faith-based clinics, doctors, and nurses won’t be punished for trying to give women a second chance if they change their mind about abortion. This win comes at a time when pro-life groups have been taking hits ever since the Dobbs ruling. But it shows these battles aren’t over, and the heartland is still fighting for life and faith.

Wyatt Matters

This story reminds us that big government will go out of its way to crush faith if we don’t stand up. Middle America believes women should have real choices, not just what the left tells them. When state’s rights and religious freedom are on the line, we have to stay strong for our families, our faith, and the unborn. Once again, common sense wins when we fight back together.

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