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Cite as:  585 U. S. ____ (2018) 

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Opinion of the Court 

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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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No. 16–1140 
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FAMILY AND LIFE 

ADVOCATES, DBA NIFLA, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. 

XAVIER BECERRA, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF 

CALIFORNIA, ET AL. 

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 

APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
 

[June 26, 2018] 

JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court. 
The  California  Reproductive  Freedom,  Accountability, 
Comprehensive  Care,  and  Transparency  Act  (FACT  Act) 
requires  clinics  that  primarily  serve  pregnant  women  to
provide  certain  notices.    Cal.  Health  &  Safety  Code  Ann. 
§123470  et seq.  (West  2018).  Licensed  clinics  must  notify 
women  that  California  provides  free  or  low-cost  services, 
including abortions, and give them a phone number to call.
Unlicensed clinics must notify women that California has 
not  licensed  the  clinics  to  provide  medical  services.    The 
question in this case is whether these notice requirements 
violate the First Amendment. 

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A 

The  California  State  Legislature  enacted  the  FACT 
Act to regulate crisis pregnancy centers.  Crisis pregnancy
centers—according  to  a  report  commissioned  by  the  Cali-
fornia  State  Assembly,  App.  86—are  “pro-life  (largely 
Christian  belief-based)  organizations  that  offer  a  limited