SFGATE: Supreme Court says crisis pregnancy centers do not have to provide women abortion information

Supreme Court says crisis pregnancy centers do not have to provide women abortion information
Published on June 26, 2018 at 09:36PM by Robert Barnes, The Washington Post
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Tuesday that pregnancy centers established to convince women to continue their pregnancies do not have to tell their clients about the availability of state-offered services, including abortion. The court's conservatives said a California law likely violates the First Amendment. It required what are called crisis pregnancy centers - they promise prenatal care and help when the child is born - to post notices or tell clients about the state's service. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the 5 to 4 decision. He said that the "government-drafted script" specifically mentions abortion - "the very practice that petitioners are devoted to opposing.