Supreme Court case about ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ highlights debate over truthful advertising standards
- Written by Carly Thomsen, Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing, Rice University
The latest Supreme Court case related to abortion is not technically about the legal right to have one. When the court heard oral arguments on Dec. 2, 2025, the word “abortion” came up only three times. The first instance was more than an hour into the 82-minute hearing.

