National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra

California required certain pregnancy centers to post notices about state reproductive health services, including abortion, and to say when they were not licensed medical providers. The Supreme Court said the centers were likely to succeed in arguing that those notice rules violated the First Amendment's free speech protections.

On June 26, 2018, the Court said the pregnancy centers were likely to succeed on their First Amendment claim. The prompt does not provide the vote count or opinion lineup.

The decision limits how far states can go in forcing private groups to deliver government-written messages. It directly affected licensed and unlicensed pregnancy centers in California that had to post or publish these notices.

The Supreme Court has finished this docket action. The decision now serves as guidance for lower courts and for states considering similar notice laws.

The case asked whether California could force anti-abortion pregnancy centers to give notices about state services, including abortion. The centers said that violated free speech rights.

Licensed and unlicensed pregnancy centers in California were directly affected. The ruling also matters to states that want private groups to post government-required messages.

The Supreme Court's work on this case ended with the June 26, 2018 decision. After that, lower courts and state officials had to follow the Court's First Amendment analysis.