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Texas Supreme Court Rejects Defamation Claims of Pro-Choice Group

JonathanTurley

The Texas Supreme Court has handed down a major ruling in defense of free speech this week. What was particularly chilling is that one appellate court agreed with the absurd argument that characterizing abortion as murder is an actionable basis for defamation as opposed to protected opinion. It did so in the Dobbs decision in 2022 ).