Legal Opinion

Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns, Inc. v. Mayor of Baltimore

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided January 5, 2018No. 16-2325PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

A Baltimore City ordinance requires pregnancy clinics that do not offer or refer for abortions to disclose that fact through signs posted in their waiting rooms. The district court held that the law, as applied to appellee, the Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns, Inc., violates the First Amendment’s Free Speech Clause. We affirm. The City has considerable latitude in regulating public health and deceptive advertising. But Baltimore’s chosen means here are too loose a fit with those ends, and in this case compel a politically and religiously motivated…

2Cases cited33 opinions

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3Cited by15 opinions

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