AG's Subpoena for Pregnancy Centers Violates First Amendment, Panel Finds
The Second Department agreed that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has a compelling interest to prevent practicing medicine without a license or other fraudulent or illegal acts, but said that the subpoenas needed to be more narrowly tailored to avoid infringing on the right of freedom of association of a group that runs anti-abortion medical centers.
June 22, 2017 at 06:02 PM
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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's subpoena for records of a group that runs anti-abortion medical centers infringes on the group's constitutional rights, a Brooklyn appeals court has ruled.
The Evergreen Association, which goes under the name Expectant Mother Care/EMC Frontline, operates 12 pregnancy centers in New York that aim to provide support for expectant mothers and encourage them to keep their babies.
The New York City Council began inquiring into the practices of such centers in 2010 and 2011. It determined that Evergreen's actions, such as evaluating fetal health, could be construed as the unauthorized practice of medicine.
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