Litigation Update: Crisis Pregnancy Centers and the First Amendment

Religious Liberties Practice Group Teleforum

On September 8, 2016 Liberty Counsel filed its opening brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Mountain Right to Life v. Kamala Harris. The case is a challenge to California’s Assembly Bill 775, which requires all “licensed covered facilit(ies)” which have a “primary purpose” of “providing family program or pregnancy-related services” to tell clients on site that “California has public programs that provide immediate free or low-cost access to comprehensive family planning services (including all FDA-approved methods of contraception), prenatal care, and abortion for eligible women.” The legislation was passed in response to pro-life crisis pregnancy centers, which do not mention abortion in their pregnancy counseling.

Featuring:

• Stephen Casey, President and Senior Counsel, Casey Law Office, P.C.

On September 8, 2016 Liberty Counsel filed its opening brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Mountain Right to Life v. Kamala Harris. The case is a challenge to California’s Assembly Bill 775, which requires all “licensed covered facilit(ies)” which have a “primary purpose” of “providing family program or pregnancy-related services” to tell clients on site that “California has public programs that provide immediate free or low-cost access to comprehensive family planning services (including all FDA-approved methods of contraception), prenatal care, and abortion for eligible women.” The legislation was passed in response to pro-life crisis pregnancy centers, which do not mention abortion in their pregnancy counseling.

Featuring:

• Stephen Casey, President and Senior Counsel, Casey Law Office, P.C.

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