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The defendants, a pregnancy control clinic and physicians, appealed a decision enjoining them from violating a California statute that required them to report as child abuse instances where minors under the age of 14 were diagnosed as being pregnant, as having a sexually transmitted disease, or as suffering from the complications of an abortion. The Court reversed part of the lower court decision and held that the defendants did not have to report voluntary sexual contact where the parties are of similar age. However, it also ruled that where the parties were of disparate age, such a reporting requirement did not violate the constitutional right to privacy of minors and served the compelling state interest of preventing child abuse.
被告是一家计划生育诊所及其医生，他们对一项判决提起上诉，该判决禁止他们违反加利福尼亚州的一项法规，该法规要求他们将14岁以下未成年人被诊断为怀孕、患有性传播疾病或堕胎并发症的情况作为虐待儿童事件进行报告。法院推翻了下级法院判决的部分内容，并裁定，如果双方年龄相仿，被告不必报告自愿性接触情况。然而，法院也裁定，如果双方年龄相差悬殊，这样的报告要求并不侵犯未成年人的宪法隐私权，且符合防止虐待儿童这一紧迫的州利益。
