Colorado agreed to pay $700,000 in attorneys’ fees to Christian nurse Chelsea Mynyk to settle part of a lawsuit over the state’s ban on abortion pill reversal services.
Mynyk joined a lawsuit originally filed by health care center Bella Health and Wellness after the Colorado State Board of Nursing investigated her for offering abortion pill reversals.
After securing a permanent injunction in August, Mynyk and Bella Health and Wellness are now both authorized to provide abortion pill reversal services.
A Christian nurse in Colorado has secured $700,000 in attorneys’ fees from the state to settle her part of a lawsuit that challenges Colorado’s law banning medical professionals from providing women with abortion pill reversal services.
According to a Jan. 6 news release from Alliance Defending Freedom, the nonprofit legal organization representing licensed nurse practitioner and certified nurse midwife Chelsea Mynyk, Colorado officials agreed to settle Mynyk’s part of a lawsuit originally filed against the state by Catholic health care center Bella Health and Wellness.
As Zeale previously reported, the pro-life center had sued for its health care professionals to be able to provide abortion pill reversals. Mynyk, who runs her own women’s health care clinic, intervened in the suit after the Colorado State Board of Nursing told her that she was being investigated for possibly violating the Nurse Practice Act by providing abortion pill reversals.
According to ADF, abortion pill reversal “is a safe and often effective treatment for women who change their minds about chemical abortion and can reverse the effects of the first chemical abortion drug, saving the life of the unborn child.”
Mynyk and Bella Health and Wellness received a permanent injunction in August 2025 that authorized them to offer abortion pill reversal services, allowing them practice medicine according to their pro-life values, Zeale reported. The health care center won the case that month, according to the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which represented Bella Health and Wellness. Colorado officials reached a settlement agreement with Mynyk in December 2025, according to court documents.
In the release, ADF Senior Counsel Kevin Theriot said, “Government officials can’t silence medical professionals and prevent them from saving lives.”
“Many women regret their chemical abortions, and some choose to reverse the effects of the first abortion drug, which can save their baby’s life,” he added. “But Colorado’s law wrongly attempted to deny women the freedom to make that choice. We’re pleased Chelsea and the other pro-life plaintiffs in this suit are allowed to get back to their life-saving work of helping women and children.”