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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FAMILY AND 
LIFE ADVOCATES v. BECERRA
 
Opinion of the Court 

range  of  free  pregnancy  options,  counseling,  and  other 
services to individuals that visit a center.”  Watters et al., 
Pregnancy  Resource  Centers:  Ensuring  Access  and  Accu-
racy  of  Information  4  (2011).  “[U]nfortunately,”  the  au-
thor of the FACT Act stated, “there are nearly 200 licensed 
and  unlicensed”  crisis  pregnancy  centers  in  California. 
App.  84.  These  centers  “aim  to  discourage  and  prevent 
women from seeking abortions.”  Id., at 85.  The author of 
the FACT Act observed that crisis pregnancy centers “are 
commonly  affiliated  with,  or  run  by  organizations  whose 
stated goal” is to oppose abortion—including “the National 
Institute  of  Family  and  Life  Advocates,”  one  of  the  peti-
tioners here.  Ibid.  To address this perceived problem, the 
FACT  Act  imposes  two  notice  requirements  on  facilities 
that  provide  pregnancy-related  services—one  for  licensed 
facilities and one for unlicensed facilities. 

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The first notice requirement applies to “licensed covered
facilit[ies].”  Cal.  Health  &  Safety  Code  Ann.  §123471(a). 
To fall under the definition of “licensed covered facility,” a
clinic must be a licensed primary care or specialty clinic or
qualify  as  an  intermittent  clinic  under  California  law. 
Ibid.  (citing  §§1204,  1206(h)).  A  licensed  covered  facility
also  must  have  the  “primary  purpose”  of  “providing  fam-
ily  planning  or  pregnancy-related  services.”    §123471(a).
And  it  must  satisfy  at  least  two  of  the  following  six 
requirements: 

“(1) The facility offers obstetric ultrasounds, obstetric 
sonograms, or prenatal care to pregnant women. 

“(2)  The  facility  provides,  or  offers  counseling  about, 
contraception or contraceptive methods. 

“(3) The facility offers pregnancy testing or pregnancy 
diagnosis. 

“(4) The facility advertises or solicits patrons with of-