Pregnancy and the First Amendment

Authors

Helen Norton, University of Colorado School of LawFollow

Keywords

First Amendment; pregnancy; abortion; free speech

Abstract

Suppose that you are pregnant and seated in the waiting room of a Planned Parenthood clinic, or maybe in a facility that advertises “Pregnant? We Can Help You.” This Essay discusses the First Amendment rules that apply to the government’s control of what you are about to hear. This Essay considers what First Amendment law, as applied to speech to pregnant women, would look like if the Court attended to the First Amendment interests of pregnant women themselves.

Recommended Citation

Helen Norton, Pregnancy and the First Amendment, 87 Fordham L. Rev. 2417 (2019).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol87/iss6/5