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

Cal  Population  by  County  for  Jan.  2015,  pp. 4–5  (Sept.
2016) (identifying the required languages for Los Angeles 
County  as  English,  Spanish,  Armenian,  Mandarin,  Can-
tonese,  Korean,  Vietnamese,  Farsi,  Tagalog,  Russian, 
Cambodian, Other Chinese, and Arabic). 

The  stated  purpose  of  the  FACT  Act,  including  its  li-
censed  notice  requirement,  is  to  “ensure  that  California
residents  make  their  personal  reproductive  health  care
decisions knowing their rights and the health care services
available  to  them.”    2015  Cal.  Legis.  Serv.  Ch.  700,  §2 
(A. B.  775)  (West)  (Cal.  Legis.  Serv.).    The  Legislature
posited that “thousands of women remain unaware of the
public programs available to provide them with contracep-
tion,  health  education  and  counseling,  family  planning,
prenatal  care,  abortion,  or  delivery.”  §1(b).  Citing  the 
“time  sensitive”  nature  of  pregnancy-related  decisions,
§1(c),  the  Legislature  concluded  that  requiring  licensed 
facilities  to  inform  patients  themselves  would  be  “[t]he 
most effective” way to convey this information, §1(d). 

2 
The second notice requirement in the FACT Act applies
to  “unlicensed  covered  facilit[ies].”  §123471(b).    To  fall 
under  the  definition  of  “unlicensed  covered  facility,”  a 
facility  must  not  be  licensed  by  the  State,  not  have  a  li-
censed  medical  provider  on  staff  or  under  contract,  and 
have  the  “primary  purpose”  of  “providing  pregnancy-
related  services.” 
Ibid.   An  unlicensed  covered  facility
also  must  satisfy  at  least  two  of  the  following  four
requirements: 

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

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

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