Crackdown on pro-life pregnancy centers spurs free-speech uproar
Pro-life pregnancy centers are coming under increasing pressure to promote abortion or close shop, raising thorny questions about whether governments may compel speech in the name of combating deceptive advertising.
The debate has taken center stage in Massachusetts, where the Worcester City Council is considering an ordinance to require pro-life or crisis pregnancy centers to provide abortion referrals. Similar movements have formed in Somerville, Easthampton and Cambridge.