Emphasis mine:
A federal judge in North Carolina says a state law requiring women who want an abortion to have an ultrasound and then have a medical provider describe the image to them is a violation of constitutional free-speech rights. U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles ruled Friday that states don’t have the power to force a health care provider to be the bearer of an ideological message in favor of carrying a pregnancy to term.”
Eagles had put the law on hold a few months after the Republican-led state legislature passed the law in 2011. She said then that providers did not have to place an ultrasound image next to a pregnant woman so she can view it, describe its features and offer the patient the chance to listen to the heartbeat
Simple – just levy a tax for not doing it – PRESTO! Images! After all, The State can, based on Robert’s decision,can levy a tax against me for simply not engaging in a commercial activity they want me to. My choice has been taken away – with Obamacare has seen to that.
So, with this new found and Constitutionally approved “tool”, can it be used to trump a First Amendment Right? With the way things are going, probably it will. After all, we see mere laws regulating “forced acceptance of diversity” trumping the First Amendment Right to “free expression of religion”, aren’t we?
(H/T: Big Government)
