Thomas Olp, TMS Executive Vice President, appeared in the pages of The Federalist on March 4, with an article diving deep into the abortion lobby's strategy to keep no-speech zones on the books. In "Why SCOTUS Should Nuke ‘No-Speech Zones’ Once And For All," Olp writes:

In a shadowy city hall basement meeting last July, city officials in a southern Illinois college town swiftly and quietly repealed their controversial “no-speech zone” ordinance, a city law intended to silence pro-life advocates. While the repeal marked a small victory for Coalition Life’s sidewalk counselors in Carbondale, Illinois, this extraordinary city council meeting exposed a larger strategy to keep the abortion lobby’s censorial regime on life support and delay constitutional scrutiny at the highest level.

The article also considers the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to hear Thomas More Society's challenge to Carbondale, Illinois' no-speech zone ordinance, and how the high Court will inevitably need to clarify the law in the future: 

In the post-Roe era, restoring the free speech rights of pro-life sidewalk counselors is of paramount importance, and Hill v. Colorado must be overturned to do so. The ability to speak freely in public spaces is a critical part of the pro-life movement’s mission to offer women a real choice. The battle for life is also a legal battle for the right to speak freely, offer alternatives, and advocate for a cause grounded in truth and compassion.

In a future term, the Supreme Court will have no choice but to finally close the door on Hill v. Colorado and end this pattern of legal gamesmanship once and for all. The future of our First Amendment liberties and the lives of countless women and children depend on the outcome. ‍

‍Read the full article at The Federalist.

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