Texas Anti-Abortion Activist Prevails in Petitioning Rights Case

An abortion helper organization suffered a setback in its attempt to stop a woman seeking information about it through a legal process, with a unanimous ruling by the Texas Supreme Court Friday.

Lilith Fund for Reproductive Equity failed the first part of a test that would have seen its suit against the woman dismissed at the outset, the state Supreme Court said.

The Texas Citizens Participation Act applied to the group’s case against Sadie Weldon because it was initiated in response to Weldon’s exercise of her right to petition a court to take discovery of the group before ...