Bloomberg Law
December 13, 2019, 10:14 PM UTC

Justices to Test Reach of Speech Protections For Foreign Groups

Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson
Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson
Reporter

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider the reach of First Amendment speech protections after it agreed Dec. 13 to review a ruling finding that foreign affiliates of U.S. health groups who fight HIV and AIDS abroad don’t have to comply with federal law in order to receive funding.

Under the U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act, the federal government doles out billions of dollars to nongovernmental groups fighting these diseases worldwide.

But it requires that the groups adopt explicitly policies opposing prostitution and sex trafficking to receive the funds.

In 2013, the Supreme Court said that requirement violated ...

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