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ACLU Sues D.C. Metro After It Rejects Ad With Text Of First Amendment

Conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, a health care group called Carafem that provides abortions, and PETA are also suing. They say the advertising guidelines violate free-speech rights.

The four plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority are from across the political spectrum: the ACLU, a health care group called Carafem that provides abortions, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos.

What they have in common is that the transit agency known as WMATA has rejected their

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