Welcome to the TMS Weekly Dispatch for November 4, 2025—with the latest news and updates from the front line, to keep you in-the-know on all things Thomas More Society. If you missed last week’s edition, you can read it here.

Here's the latest from the past week:

COURT COMPELS ACOG TO TURN OVER DOCUMENTS AND COMMUNICATION IN AG BONTA’S LAWSUIT TO SILENCE PRO-LIFE PREGNANCY CENTERS: Last week, Thomas More Society won a victory in the ongoing lawsuit People of the State of California v. Heartbeat International and RealOptions with an Illinois judge granting our motion to compel the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) to produce documents and communications related to Abortion Pill Reversal.

The order will compel ACOG to turn over records concerning public statements opposing APR in addition to communications between ACOG and California attorney general Rob Bonta’s office, relating to Bonta’s lawsuit.

“For years, ACOG has issued sweeping, antagonistic, and misleading statements against Abortion Pill Reversal, which pro-abortion AGs like Rob Bonta have then used to attack pro-life pregnancy centers. This court’s discovery order means that ACOG will finally have to justify those statements and its coordination with California personnel to harm this life-saving treatment,” explained Peter Breen, TMS Executive VP & Head of Litigation.

ACOG states on its website that “abortion is essential healthcare” and is dedicated to“improving access to mifepristone,” while also maintaining the position that “medication abortion ‘reversal’ is not supported by science.”

THOMAS MORE SOCIETY WARNS KIRKWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT - EXCUSE CHILDREN FROM “PRIDE” INDOCTRINATION OR FACE LAWSUIT: Thomas More Society sent a demand letter to Kirkwood School District after it forced middle school students to watch a district-produced video celebrating “LGBTQ+ History Month” without providing parents advance notice and the opportunity to opt their children out of the school’s overt ideological indoctrination.

TMS attorneys said the presentation flagrantly violated the Supreme Court’s landmark recent decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, which held that under the First Amendment, government schools may not show “instruction or material” to children that threatens to undermine their parents’ religious beliefs without first providing parents advance notice and the opportunity to opt their children out.

“Kirkwood…will now face the same penalty as the school district in Mahmoud if it does not correct this violation,” warned Mary Catherine Martin, TMS Senior Counsel.

ILLINOIS PASSES BILL TO LEGALIZE ASSISTED SUICIDE: As “veto session” inched to a close at 3 a.m. on October 31, the Illinois General Assembly passed SB 1950, legislation legalizing assisted suicide—endangering the elderly, the sick, and those struggling with despair or disability. The bill is now headed to Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker’s desk for signing.

Thomas More Society calls on Governor Pritzker to veto SB 1950.

Meanwhile, Thomas More Society attorneys are exploring potential legal challenges to parts of the legislation, to ensure conscience protections are protected for physicians and healthcare workers who could never refer or assist a patient seeking to end their life.

Relatedly, TMS attorneys are also examining legal avenues for challenging parts of the law that create major ethical dilemmas, particularly for Catholic or other religious affiliated hospitals or medical practices who refuse to offer this so-called ‘treatment.’ According to the language in the bill, such entities would be unable to enforce disciplinary measures for employees who participate in this act outside the scope of their employment.

In a recent Letter to the Editor in the Chicago Tribune, TMS Founder and President Tom Brejcha recently wrote against legalizing assisted suicide and urged lawmakers to reject the bill. "Dignity is not diminished by dependency, illness or incapacity. One’s inherent worth doesn’t depend on youth, health or autonomy. Nor can human dignity be regained by one’s self-induced or medically assisted demise," Brejcha wrote.

"Dignity is not a privilege bestowed by youth, health, beauty or capacity. It is inherent in every person, rooted in our creator’s endowing each of us with natural rights — to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. As proclaimed in our Declaration ofIndependence, this truth is America’s cornerstone that defines the essential worth and equality of all our citizens."

You may read the full letter, by clicking here.