Chiles v. Salazar · ¶139

When a State establishes a standard of care, or punishes a doctor for providing care outside of that standard, it necessarily limits what medical professionals can say and do on the basis of viewpoint. A State can permissibly “prohibi[t] the administration of specific drugs for particular medical uses” but not for others. United States v. Skrmetti, 605 U. S. 495, 516 (2025).So, too, may it prohibit a doctor from encouraging a patient to commit suicide, see Tr. of Oral Arg. 43–45, or a dietician from telling an anorexic patient to eat less, see id., at 22–23. Likewise, no one would bat an eye if a State required its doctors to discourage, but not encourage, smoking tobacco.

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