A Kentucky law requiring physicians to display and describe ultrasound images of fetuses for their abortion patients violates the doctors’ free speech rights, an abortion provider told the U.S. Supreme Court.
EMW Women’s Surgical Center Sept. 26 asked the high court to review a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that said the provision validly requires physicians to give patients truthful, nonmisleading information that is relevant to a medical procedure.
The Sixth Circuit’s decision overturned a lower court order that had barred Kentucky from enforcing the law. The provision is on hold, pending the Supreme ...
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