A pair of cases from anti-abortion groups challenging Attorney General Rob Bonta’s (D) enforcement actions over their promotion of an abortion pill “reversal” procedure had a panel of Ninth Circuit judges at oral arguments Thursday weighing the scope of commercial speech precedents.
At issue is Bonta’s lawsuit against one anti-abortion clinic and his legal warnings against other clinics and nonprofits that their advertisements of a medical procedure known as progesterone therapy to reverse the effects of the abortion pill mifepristone are misleading and violate state consumer protection laws.
The clinics and nonprofits say Bonta’s actions are violating their First Amendment ...