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In ''Federal Election Commission v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Inc.'', 479 U.S. 238 (1986), the
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ruled that Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Inc., a
pro-life Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life or abolitionist movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in respon ...
organization, violated the Federal Election Campaign Act by distributing flyers asking voters to vote "for life" paid for with treasury funds. However, the court also ruled that the FECA section that required any spending by corporations on political campaigning to be done through political action committees (PACs) was itself a violation of the
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rights of nonprofit political and ideological groups.


See also

* '' FEC v. National Conservative PAC'' * ''
FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. ''Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.'', 551 U.S. 449 (2007), is a Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that issue ads may not be banned from the months preceding a pr ...
'' * ''
Citizens United v. FEC ''Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission'', 558 U.S. 310 (2010), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding campaign finance laws and free speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It wa ...
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* United States Supreme Court cases of the Rehnquist Court United States Supreme Court cases United States Free Speech Clause case law Federal Election Commission litigation 1986 in United States case law United States elections case law Anti-abortion movement {{SCOTUS-stub