Delaware Agrees to Stop Enforcing Law Targeting Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
Delaware recently agreed to permanently stop enforcing a 2024 law that required pro-life pregnancy centers to disclose that they lack licensed medical professionals on staff.
As reported by The Christian Post, Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings agreed not to enforce Senate Bill 300 despite her disagreement that the pregnancy centers National Institute of Family and Life Advocates’ and A Door of Hope contended that the measure violates the First Amendment following a permanent agreement, secured in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware on Friday.
Simms Showers Partner William R. Thetford, lead counsel for the pregnancy centers, along with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), filed a federal lawsuit in February 2025 stating that the Delaware law was “unconstitutional “.
“Clearly, state officials shouldn’t enforce unconstitutional laws, and that’s no less true in this case,” said Showers in a statement.
“Pregnancy centers are a force for good in Wilmington and the surrounding community, offering families true, life-affirming care and resources during unplanned or unsupported pregnancies, and now they can pursue that worthy mission unshackled by an inappropriate application of the law,” he added.
ADF Senior Counsel Kevin Theriot commended the state officials for the decision.
“We applaud Delaware officials for allowing NIFLA and A Door of Hope to serve women and families free from government punishment,” said. “We’ve seen too many state attorneys general ramp up their efforts to silence, censor, and shut down pregnancy care centers across the country.”
In addition to the settlement, Jennings agreed to pay $50,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs.
Similar to the Delaware case, multiple Democratic-led states have targeted Pro-life pregnancy centers. For instance, New Jersey attempted to force pro-life pregnancy centers to release information about their donors even though the state received a unanimous rebuke from the U.S. Supreme Court. Meanwhile, a New York, federal court ruled that it was unconstitutional to prevent pro-life pregnancy centers from sharing information about abortion pill reversal.
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Originally published July 02, 2026.
