Justices Rule Against California's Disclosure Rules for Pregnancy Centers

"California has offered no justification that the notice plausibly furthers. It targets speakers, not speech, and imposes an unduly burdensome disclosure requirement that will chill their protected speech," Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the majority.

June 26, 2018 at 11:36 AM

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Marcia Coyle

The original version of this story was published on The Recorder

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.M said Xavier Becerra, attorney general of California, 2017. Credit: Diego M. Radzinschi / ALM California Assemblyman David Chiu, author of California's Reproductive Fact Act, said in a statement Tuesday:

"Providing pregnant women access to timely and accurate medical information should not be a controversial stance. Unfortunately, the slimmest majority of the Supreme Court gave in to extreme, anti-choice groups that have spent millions of dollars to control the lives of women and ban abortion in the United States."

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Cheryl Miller contributed reporting from Sacramento.

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