Baltimore appeals abortion, birth control notification ruling to Supreme Court

Published April 4, 2018 8:31pm ET



Lawyers in Baltimore are asking the Supreme Court to overturn a court ruling striking down a city ordinance that required pregnancy centers to inform women when they don’t offer abortions or provide birth control.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in January that the ordinance unconstitutionally compelled speech by the Center for Pregnancy Concerns, a Christian organization opposed to abortion. The ordinance was initially passed in 2010 and was blocked by a federal district court in 2016.

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