Supreme Court Sides With California Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers

Anti-abortion rights advocates demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court early Monday.

J. Scott Applewhite / AP

Updated at 11:26 a.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision upholding a California law requiring anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers to more fully disclose what they are.

The case pitted the right to know against the right of free speech. On one side are self-identified “crisis pregnancy centers” that seek to prevent abortions and on the other side is the state of California, which enacted a 2015 law to ensure that these centers do not intentionally or unintentionally mislead the women who walk through their doors.