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Liberty Counsel filed a brief on behalf of a peaceful sidewalk counselor who was stopped from helping women on the public sidewalks around an abortion clinic in Ft. Pierce, Florida. James Thoma is a second grade teacher who—every Wednesday and Saturday, for over fifteen years—has peacefully counseled women entering and leaving the clinic regarding alternatives to abortion and care afterwards, providing them literature from a nearby pregnancy care center for free crisis counseling, ultrasounds, baby clothes, etc.

Thoma is often the target of shouting and taunts from clinic employees. One employee took the extreme step of seeking a “stalking” injunction against Thoma to keep him away from the clinic. But when Thoma had his day in court to respond to the false “stalking” charge, the judge scoffed at Thoma’s First Amendment right to speak against abortion and entered the injunction. 

Every day that Mr. Thoma is prevented from being at the clinic is a violation of his constitutional rights, and women who may be desperate for help in dealing with a crisis pregnancy are denied critical information about alternatives to abortion.

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