Chiles v. Salazar · ¶159

In short, States have regulated professional conduct related to the provision of all kinds of medical care—and incidentally restricted speech—without constitutional affront for eons. Though the majority averts its gaze, even a cursory glance at the broader historical record is illuminating, for it reveals that States have traditionally played a significant role in setting the standards that govern the medical profession. See Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U. S. 702, 731 (1997) (emphasizing the state interest “in protecting the integrity and ethics of the medical profession”); Barsky v. Board of Regents of Univ. of N. Y., 347 U. S. 442, 451 (1954) (same).

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