Health Care & Hospital Law,
Civil Litigation
Oct. 7, 2022
Doctors sue to stop law penalizing COVID ‘misinformation’
“Disagreement is integral to the progress of medical science, a value that cannot be served by using the power of the state to punish those who dissent from the official line,” wrote Daniel R. Suhr, managing partner of the Liberty Justice Center.
Two California doctors are suing the Medical Board of California and the attorney general to prevent enforcement of a new law that seeks to penalize physicians who give out what the state defines as misinformation about COVID-19
Assembly Bill 2098 was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 30 and designates the dissemination of “misinformation” about the coronavirus as “unprofessional conduct” by doctors.
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