Fri Sep 15, 2023 – 5:26 pm EDT
GAINESVILLE, Florida (LifeSiteNews) — A Florida city has dropped allegations of an ordinance violation against a pro-lifer who held life-affirming signs outside of an abortion facility. The charges were withdrawn before the case went to court.
Andrew Scholberg was given a $100 citation in July “for supposedly violating Gainesville’s sign ordinance at the local ‘Bread and Roses’ abortion mill,” he wrote in a summary of the incident shared with LifeSiteNews. On September 6, the city “dismissed the citation” rather than appear at the court hearing for which Scholberg had opted rather than pay the fine.
“This was a total victory,” Scholberg stated. “My attorney and I were prepared for a legal fight. But the City was more interested in collecting a fine than in defending an unconstitutional ordinance.”
“I’m glad I didn’t pay that unjust fine,” he continued, adding that “the local pro-life sidewalk counselors were delighted to hear about the victory.”
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Royce Hood, a Florida attorney working on behalf of the Chicago-based Thomas More Society to represent Scholberg in the case, told LifeSiteNews
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