lifenews.com
2026-05-06
Southwest Airlines has paid nearly $1 million to a longtime flight attendant it fired for expressing her pro-life religious beliefs.
The payment caps a nine-year legal battle in which a federal jury found the carrier violated her rights to religious liberty and free speech.
Charlene Carter, who worked 21 years as a flight attendant, was terminated in 2017 after she sent graphic anti-abortion messages to leaders of the Transport Workers Union Local 556. The messages protested the union's support for the 2017 Women's March, a radical pro-abortion event which was linked to Planned Parenthood.