Troy Newman, an anti-abortion campaigner who was pulled off a flight in Denver Airport as his Australian visa was revoked midway, has nonetheless been allowed to fly to Melbourne. An injunction by the Federal Court was launched to cancel the revocation of his visa on Thursday.

Newman, the president of Operation Rescue U.S.A, was supposed to speak at events in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Cairns and Hobart this October, organised under the “Save The Babies Down Under” campaign, which was launched in cooperation with Right To Life Australia. The main focus of the campaign is to incriminate doctors who perform abortions.

Newman wrote on his Facebook page on Wednesday that he was taken down at the Denver Airport and told he could not travel to Los Angeles. He was scheduled to board a connecting flight to Melbourne from Los Angeles.

“It is clear that the pro-abortion crowd does not want anyone to hear the truth about Planned Parenthood's illegal actions,” he wrote on Facebook. “Please pray for me I'm stuck in Denver airport like a man without a country.”

Flight authorities however, allowed him to continue with his journey, and a spokeswoman for the Ministry Immigration of Australia, headed by Peter Dutton, said that the flight that had allowed Newman to travel without a visa has been fined. However, the exact amount of the fine was not specified, and the name of the particular flight has not been disclosed. Newman's visa was cancelled under Section 128 of the Immigration Act, which lays out rules for cancelling visas of people outside Australia.

“[Newman] does not hold a visa, he is unable to enter Australia and remains in the presence of ABF officials at the Melbourne Airport pending his removal," the spokeswoman said.

Meanwhile, Federal Court action has been launched to prevent the federal government from barring Newman from entering the country, with the case to be decided on Thursday.

Newman also wrote that the revocation of his visa was based on a “pile of files” as well as the idea that he is promoting violence.

"Through a chain of events the Lord has allowed me to get on a plane in spite of many objections by the airlines and Australia," he wrote around 4am EST. "[W]e have been in the air 11 hours and will land in about 4. Please pray that we can get past immigration so the truth can be told throughout Australia."

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