▁case , ▁allowing ▁D rie haus ' s ▁def am ation ▁claims ▁regarding ▁other ▁S BA ▁List ▁statements ▁to ▁go ▁forward . ▁Black ▁also ▁required ▁that ▁S BA ▁List ▁stop ▁claim ing ▁on ▁its ▁website ▁that ▁the ▁Pat ient ▁Prote ction ▁and ▁Aff ord able ▁Care ▁Act ▁subs id ized ▁abort ion , ▁because ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁directly ▁mention ▁abort ion . ▁S BA ▁List ▁argued ▁that ▁its ▁statements ▁were ▁opinions ▁and ▁were ▁thus ▁protected , ▁but ▁the ▁court ▁rejected ▁this ▁argument ▁given ▁that ▁S BA ▁List ▁itself ▁had ▁claimed ▁that ▁this ▁was ▁a ▁" fact ." ▁On ▁August ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁S BA ▁List ▁appe aled ▁the ▁decision ▁on ▁the ▁Ohio ▁law ▁to ▁the ▁Six th ▁Circ uit ▁Court ▁of ▁App e als . ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁the ▁Six th ▁Circ uit ▁Court ▁of ▁App e als ▁ruled ▁that ▁the ▁S BA ▁List ▁could ▁not ▁challenge ▁the ▁law ▁under ▁the ▁First ▁Am end ment . ▁ ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁On ▁August ▁ 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁the ▁S BA ▁List ▁pet ition ed ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁to ▁review ▁the ▁law . ▁On ▁January ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁accepted ▁the ▁case . ▁The ▁Court ▁heard ▁the ▁case ▁on ▁April ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁ ▁Several ▁am ici ▁cur iae ▁file d ▁brief s . ▁ ▁Justice ▁Clar ence ▁Thomas ,