Harris

ORDER

Crisis pregnancy centers devoted to providing alternatives to abortion and discouraging abortion, also known as CPCs, have been operating in this country for several decades at least. Recently, the practices of some CPCs have prompted several state and municipal legislative bodies to adopt regulations governing the information provided to women seeking reproductive care. The changing landscape effected by implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act also has provided a backdrop to state and local legislative action. In the last year, the California Legislature adopted a provision known as the FACT Act, AB 775, which governs all clinics providing family planning qr pregnancy-related services, including CPCs. In passing AB 775, the Legislature articulated its intent to supplement its own prior efforts to advise women of the state’s reproductive health programs. As applicable here, the new law, scheduled to take effect January 1, 2016, *1179 requires licensed facilities that meet certain criteria to provide a notice to clients regarding the availability of free or low-cost public family planning services. Three CPCs operating in this judicial district challenge AB 775 as…