U.S. top court mulls free speech fight over 'crisis pregnancy centers'

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

POLITICS MARCH 18, 2018 / 8:28 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

U.S. top court mulls free speech fight over 'crisis pregnancy centers'

Andrew Chung
6 MIN READ

(Reuters) - The Pregnancy Care Clinic in the Southern California city of El Cajon offers a host of services for pregnant women including ultrasound exams, prenatal vitamins and maternity clothes. There is one major exception: abortion.

Now the clinic, which staunchly opposes abortion, is among of a group of Christian-based facilities, known as crisis pregnancy centers, involved in a major case that goes before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.

They are challenging a California law that forces centers that are licensed as family planning facilities to post notices that the state has programs offering free or low-cost birth control and abortion services, a requirement they argue violates their free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.

The law requires unlicensed facilities with no medical provider on staff to disclose that fact.

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[safeinOhio]

1. Sounds like one of those slippery

slopes on the questions of States Rights.