Supreme Court Justices Cast Doubt on California Abortion-Disclosure Rules
- Court hears arguments on California pregnancy-clinic law
- Kagan, Sotomayor join conservatives in questioning provisions
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U.S. Supreme Court justices cast doubt on a California law that requires pregnancy-counseling clinics that oppose abortion to tell patients they might be eligible to get the procedure free or at a discount.
Hearing arguments Tuesday 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 as an alternative. Justice Elena Kagan said the law might have been "gerrymandered" so that it targeted those facilities.