PRO-LIFE POSTER VICTORY IN US SUPREME COURT

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (LSN)  By rejecting an appeal today, the US Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling which found the Philadelphia public transit authority guilty of violating First Amendment free-speech rights. The transit company had pulled pro-life ads from transit stations.  In 1995, the Virginia-based pro-life group, Christ’s Bride Ministries, contracted with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to display 4-by-5-foot posters which said “women who choose abortion suffer more & deadlier breast cancer.” One month after the posters went up (at a cost of $3,000 per month) SEPTA pulled them acting on the advice of a letter from a Dr. Philip Lee, assistant secretary of health in the Department of Health and Human Services. Lee erroneously called the ads unfortunately misleading and unduly alarming.  A story reported by Pro-Life Info-Net said the ensuing court battle ended today with a victory for free speech.