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Justice Elana Kagan: California Law “Gerrymandered” to Force Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortion

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  1. Revmitchell

    Revmitchell Well-Known Member
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    You know an abortion law is bad when pro-abortion Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan condemns it during oral arguments.


    But that is just what happened at the Supreme Court this morning when it considered a lawsuit over a California law forcing pregnancy centers to promote abortions. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, a lawsuit brought by pregnancy centers that don’t want to be compelled to advertise abortions.They say the California Reproductive FACT Act violates the free speech clause in the First Amendment.

    During the arguments, Kagan, an abortion activist appointed by former pro-abortion president Barack Obama, says the law was specifically written to target pro-life pregnancy centers.

    As Bloomberg reports:

    U.S. Supreme Court justices cast doubt on California’s requirement that licensed pregnancy-counseling clinics tell patients they might be eligible for free or discounted abortions.

    Hearing arguments in Washington, justices from across the court’s ideological spectrum suggested the law might violate the speech rights of clinics that oppose abortion and promote childbirth. Justice Elena Kagan said the law appeared to be “gerrymandered” so that it targeted those facilities.

    “If it has been gerrymandered, that’s a serious issue,” said Kagan.

    Kagan was not the only judge on the high court’s pro-abortion side to condemn the California statute.

    “Even some of the liberal justices voiced concern over parts of the law during an hour-long argument in an appeal by a group of non-profit facilities called crisis pregnancy centers of a lower court ruling upholding the Democratic-backed 2015 law,” AP reports.

    Supreme Court Justice Elana Kagan: California Law "Gerrymandered" to Force Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortion | LifeNews.com
     
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    Jerome Well-Known Member
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    Huh?
    Is that what gerrymander means?
     
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    I guess Kagan meant that only pro-life clinics had to advertise abortion clinics, not the other way around:

    Bill Text - AB-775 Reproductive FACT Act.

    their comments from Kagan and the others indicate it will be struck down as a 1A violation.
     
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    Kagan can't be trusted. She has a history of saying one thing and doing another.
     
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