Supreme Court sides with anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers

Published June 26, 2018 2:09pm ET



The U.S. Supreme Court sided with anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers Tuesday, saying a California law that requires anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers to provide patients with notices giving them information about state-provided abortion and family-planning services likely violates the First Amendment.

The court split 5-4 along ideological lines in the case, which sat at the intersection of free speech and abortion. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the opinion, and was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Anthony Kennedy.

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