California Abortion Law Violates Free Speech Rights, Lawyers For Pregnancy Clinics Say
The centers are required to provide information about all services available to pregnant women, including abortion. Their lawyers argue that the state is forcing them to "speak the government’s message," while California officials say it's just asking them to provide neutral, factual information.
San Francisco Chronicle:
Lawyers Say State Law On Abortion Options Violates Free Speech
Lawyers for antiabortion clinics known as crisis pregnancy centers argued to a federal appeals court Tuesday that California is violating their free-speech rights by requiring them to notify patients that the state makes abortion and other reproductive services available at little or no cost. (Egelko, 6/14)
Meanwhile, one of the charges against the anti-abortion activist who filmed the Planned Parenthood videos has been dropped —
The Texas Tribune:
Misdemeanor Charge Against Anti-Abortion Activist Dropped
A Harris County judge has dropped one of the criminal charges against an anti-abortion activist who was indicted after making undercover recordings of a Houston Planned Parenthood facility.
David Daleiden, one of the videographers who infiltrated Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, had been charged with the very crime he tried to secretly catch Planned Parenthood committing — a misdemeanor charge for offering to sell or buy fetal tissue. But that charge was dismissed on Monday, according to the Harris County District Clerk website. (Ura, 6/14)
