Hello fellow law nerds. Welcome to another episode of Boom Lawyered, a rewire. News podcast

hosted by the legal journalism team that has seriously eaten way too much locks and bagels over the last several days. I'm talking like a half a dozen bagels. I'm Imani

Gandhi. And I'm Jess Piclo. Rewire. News is dedicated to bringing you the best reproductive

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Yes, indeed. Thank you. And welcome. And hey, Jess. I have a question. part of that mission. So a big thanks to our subscribers and a welcome to our new listeners.

Yes, indeed. Thank you and welcome. And hey, Jess, I have a question for you.

Hmm, what's that? So did you know that in many cities and states, it is perfectly okay for a bunch of people to cosplay as doctors, open a quote-unquote pregnancy health care center, trick people into becoming clients

of their quote unquote health care center, and then lie to them about almost everything,

including stuff relating to their medical situation, to their health, and to the fact that

the people running this quote unquote health healthcare center are not actually doctors.

Did you know that that was perfectly okay in some states?

I mean, I did, but it's really unbelievable.

It really is. It's truly unbelievable.

And what bugs me more is that there are so-called pro-lifers that are in favor of these fake

doctors lying to pregnant people, even if it endangers the life

of the fetus or the mother, and they are supposed to be all about, you know, fetus enthusiasm.

It's not exactly pro-life of them, wouldn't you say?

It's definitely not very enthusiastic of the fetus either.

It's definitely not.

So today we're going to talk about a case that could affect whether or not these fake pregnancy health care centers can lie to you and give you bad and potentially fatal advice without telling you two things. Number one, that they are not licensed, if they are indeed not licensed, and number two, that the state of California offers a full array of reproductive health care services, including low-cost abortions.

The name of that case is National Institute of Family Life Advocates, or NIFLA v. Bicera.

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