California repeals doctor misinformation law

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California legislators last month quietly repealed a 2022 law that authorized disciplinary action against doctors, including loss of their medical licenses, when they share COVID-19 "misinformation" with their patients. The law, A.B. 2098, defined that ambiguous and highly contested category of speech as "false information that is contradicted by contemporary scientific consensus contrary to the standard of care."

Not sure what that means? Neither were the California physicians who challenged the law on First Amendment grounds in two separate lawsuits. ...
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California quietly repeals restrictions on doctors' COVID-19 advice

Several federal judges had expressed skepticism about the constitutionality of penalizing physicians for departing from a government-defined "consensus."
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