On Nov. 8, New York Senate Bill 660 was signed, requiring all employers—including churches, religious schools, faith-based pregnancy care centers, and religious nonprofits—to disavow their beliefs about abortion, contraception, and sexual morality in their hiring practices.

Attorneys with the Alliance Defending Freedom recently filed a lawsuit in federal court against the state of New York challenging the law that forces them to hire and employ staff who disagree with the fundamental beliefs and mission of the organizations.

ADF filed the lawsuit on behalf of Rochester, NY, pregnancy care center CompassCare, First Bible Baptist Church of Hilton, NY, and other groups, including the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, an association of pro-life pregnancy centers. Watch ADF’s video on CompassCare here.

The ADF lawsuit believes that SB 660, the third in a trio of abortion-advancing laws passed by the New York State Legislature this year, seeks to remedy a non-existent problem. The bill's proponents failed to cite any documented instances of employment discrimination based on "reproductive health decisions” in New York or anywhere else.

The lawsuit, CompassCare v. Cuomo, was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of New York. James P. Trainor, one of more than 3,400 attorneys allied with ADF, is serving as local counsel in the case.

Read ADF’s full news release here, and the article from CBN News here.

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