1、CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Facing the FACT Act: Abortion and Free Speech (Part I) Updated July 26, 2019 Update: For a discussion of the Supreme Courts June 26, 2018 decision in NIFLA v. Becerra holding that the FACT Act likely viol
2、ated the First Amendment, see CRS Report R45316, Supreme Court October Term 2017: A Review of Selected Major Rulings, coordinated by Andrew Nolan. On October 26, 2018, the parties in NIFLA stipulated to an injunction and dismissal of the case, and the district court permanently enjoined the state an
3、d local defendants from enforcing the FACT Act. No. 3:15-cv-02277 (S.D. Cal. Oct. 26, 2018), ECF No. 76. The original post from January 10, 2018 is below. On November 13, 2017, the Supreme Court granted a petition to review National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra, a case t
4、hat implicates several distinct and complex First Amendment doctrines. Specifically, the Court will consider whether a California law providing information that certain pregnancy centers must disseminate to clients violates the Free Speech Clause. The Ninth Circuit previously upheld the California l
