Bella Health & Wellness is suing to block enforcement of a Colorado law targeting pro-life caregivers, and state officials are offering an unusual defense: they don’t actually intend to enforce the law against Bella, at least for now.
“We filed a brief explaining all the ways the law is unconstitutional. And they filed a brief that said: ‘Okay, I won’t enforce it, give me more time,’” attorney Mark Rienzi told reporters after an April 24 hearing at Denver’s federal courthouse. “But they don’t actually defend it, because the truth is there’s no very good defense for what Colorado did here.”
Colorado recently passed Senate Bill 23-190, which outlaws Bella Health’s practice of providing natural hormone treatment to reverse an incomplete medication abortion. The new law describes abortion-pill reversal treatment as a “deceptive” and “unprofessional” practice, and spells out penalties for clinics that offer it.
See the full article by Benjamin Mann, April 25, 2023