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By Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/28481/win-life-supreme-court-justices-rip-ca-law-forcing-hank-berrien

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On Tuesday, the justices of the Supreme Court sounded as if they are ready to shred the California law that requires pregnancy centers to notify women that the state offers subsidies for abortion.

That law was adopted in California in 2015, and forced the pregnancy centers to post a prominent notice if they had "no licensed medical provider" available. If the centers were licensed, they were forced to notify clients that the state offers "free or low-cost" contraception, prenatal care and abortion.

As The Los Angeles Times reports of the case, titled NIFLA vs. Becerra, the justices gave the California law short shrift:

Justice Elena Kagan, referring to the fact that doctors and for-profit clinics were exempt from the law, said, "If it has been gerrymandered,
that's a serious issue.” Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. echoed that the law "has a lot of crazy exceptions. … What you're left with is a very strange
pattern, and, gee, it turns out just about the only clinics that are covered by this are pro-life clinics."

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy saw the law as violating the laws of free speech, calling the required notice "mandating speech" that "alters the content of the message." Justice Neil M. Gorsuch said that California has "other means to provide messages. … It's pretty unusual to force a private speaker to do that for you under the 1st Amendment.”

. . . Only Justice Stephen G. Breyer defended the law.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor also agreed with those who found the law problematic.

The Times concluded, “By the hour's end, it appeared the justices would vote to strike down all or at least most of the law's mandatory disclosure provisions” . . .


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Excellent!  Everyone should have to post that info, as well as a disclaimer if they're not a medical provider!
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It won't be a win until they actually rule, and you never know with this court.
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