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A California law intended to discipline doctors who give patients COVID-19 “misinformation” is in legal limbo after two federal judges issued conflicting rulings in recent lawsuits — including one filed by Children’s Health Defense — alleging the law violates free speech and is too vague.
By Bernard J. Wolfson
Gov. Gavin Newsom may have been prescient when he acknowledged free speech concerns as he signed California’s COVID-19 misinformation bill last fall.
In a message to lawmakers, the governor warned of “the chilling effect other potential laws may have” on the ability of doctors to speak frankly with patients but expressed confidence that the one he was signing did not cross that line.
Yet the law — meant to discipline doctors who give patients false information about COVID-19 — is now in legal limbo after two federal judges issued conflicting rulings in recent lawsuits that say it violates free speech and is too vague for doctors to know what it bars them from telling patients.
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