The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a California law requiring pro-life pregnancy centers to post information on programs to obtain a\u00a0free or low-cost abortion.<\/p>\n
The 5-4 ruling in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra sent the case back to a lower court to be reconsidered, in light of the Supreme Court\u2019s finding that \u201cWe hold that petitioners are likely to succeed on the merits of their claim that the FACT Act violates the First Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lower courts had rejected a petition to temporarily block the California law while it was being legally challenged. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the case against the law was unlikely to succeed on its merits.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court reversed that ruling, saying that the Ninth Circuit was wrong to treat the speech of pregnancy centers as a lesser category of free speech simply because it is \u201cprofessional speech.\u201d<\/p>\n
California\u2019s \u201cReproductive FACT Act\u201d requires pregnancy centers that do not perform abortions to display a notice informing patients about California programs that, among other things, can provide a free or low-cost abortion for eligible women. The notice must include a phone number for a county office that would refer women to Planned Parenthood or other abortion providers.<\/p>\n
The law also mandates that any non-medical pregnancy center, such as one that distributes free maternity clothing or baby items to a pregnant woman, must display a notice explaining that it is not licensed as a medical facility in the state of California. There is no current licensing scheme in the state of California for non-medical facilities who distribute baby supplies.<\/p>\n
The Reproductive FACT Act was passed in 2015. The California legislature said that 200 pregnancy centers used \u201cintentionally deceptive advertising and counseling practices\u201d that confuse and misinform women and intimidate them \u201cfrom making fully-informed, time-sensitive decisions about critical health care.\u201d<\/p>\n
NIFLA, a group that works with pro-life pregnancy centers, filed suit shortly afterwards.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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