Cotton Statement on the First Amendment Rights of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Contact: Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353

Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Supreme Court's hearing of arguments for National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra:

"Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra on whether crisis pregnancy centers should be forced to advertise for abortions. Requiring a pro-life organization to promote the very thing it opposes is a gross violation of the Constitution, and I'm proud to have signed a brief in support of the petitioners' First Amendment rights. In Arkansas, we have 40 centers that provide critical services to women in need, and I stand with them. I hope that the Court will uphold their freedoms."

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