A Christmas Gift of Life - We Won!

From The Desk of Addia Wuchner, RN, Executive Director KRTL & The RTL Education Foundation of Kentucky

Statement From Kentucky Right to Life and Sisters for Life

Kentucky Right to Life, Sisters for Life and all those who serve in ministry of life are extremely appreciative of the Opinion handed down on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, from the United States Court of Appeals - 6^th Circuit.

After more than a year of an imposed restriction on the ministry of sidewalk counseling that was offered to women as they entered and departed the EMW Abortion Clinic in Louisville, the Court affirmed the impact the City of Louisville’s Buffer Zone Ordinance had on free speech.

Judge Jeffrey Sutton and the Court recognized the critical elements of the practice of ‘sidewalk counseling’— the quiet, compassionate, non-threatening, one-on-one conversations where dedicated sidewalk counselors reach out to convince EMW’s patients that there are life-saving alternatives to abortion. The practice of sidewalk counseling has always been to come alongside and accompany the woman in whatever way she may need.

We were blessed to be represented by our dedicated legal counsel, attorneys Chris Wiest and Frank Manion, who never wavered in their commitment to vindicate their collective clients’ prolife ministries.

Sisters for Life, Angela Minter, Ed Harpring, Mary Kenny and all those who serve the ministry of sidewalk counseling continue our mission of ‘loving them both’: offering compassion and hope, walking with women and restoring a culture that welcomes and support life.

PANEL of Judges from left: Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton, appointed by President George W. Bush, assumed office, 2003; Judge Richard Allen Griffin, appointed by President George W. Bush, assumed office, 2005; Judge John B. Nalbandian, appointed by President Donald Trump, assumed office, 2018.

Read the Opinion here.