CA: Compelled speech about abortion under challengeCompelled speech is clearly not free speechAbortion foes behind the clinics known as “crisis pregnancy centers” want the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a California law requiring the clinics to inform their patients about the availability of abortions. But if they win the California case, they could lose much more in 16 other states, where laws require doctors to tell patients that abortions could harm them.
The clinics, backed by nationwide groups opposing abortion, argue that the notification mandated by California — that the state makes abortion and reproductive care available at little or no cost — violates their freedom of speech by compelling them to “advertise” abortion and send a message with which they disagree.
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Moonbeam is a outlaw govenor just like with most all liberal demac-RATS and California needs taken to the woodshed by Judicial Watch
ReplyDeleteI don't think requiring doctors to inform patients of all the risks of any procedure would violate the First Amendment. It seems analogous to requiring cigarette manufacturers to include health warnings on packaging.
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