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Deception, Professional Speech, And Cpcs: On Becerra, Abortion, And The First Amendment, Mark Strasser
Deception, Professional Speech, And Cpcs: On Becerra, Abortion, And The First Amendment, Mark Strasser
Buffalo Law Review
In National Institute of Family & Life Advocates v. Becerra, the United States Supreme Court struck down a California law requiring crisis pregnancy centers to post certain signs.1 The Court implied that the case involved a relatively straightforward example of governmental overreaching, with the government allegedly attempting to commandeer private entities and force them to convey the government’s message.2 Yet, the Court omitted important background information when discussing the state’s implicated interests,3 and the Court’s analyses and rationales may have important First Amendment implications. While the Court may have reached the right result, its analyses bode poorly for a reasoned …