Albany, N.Y., Nov 18, 2019 / 12:00 pm
Several pro-life organizations in New York have sued the state over a law they say targets pro-life and religious employers, barring them from reflecting their core beliefs in hiring policies.
"No government has the right to tell pro-life or religious organizations they must hire someone who doesn't agree with their core mission," Ken Connelly, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, said Monday. ADF is representing the plaintiffs in the case.
On Novemebr 14, a New York-based crisis pregnancy center and Baptist church, along with a national association of pregnancy care centers, filed a lawsuit over New York's new law SB 660, signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on November 8.
The law bars employers from enforcing certain codes of conduct or belief in the workplace with regard to "reproductive rights," and requires them to inform employees of their right to abortions without fear of any workplace retaliatory action.