Legal Opinion
Hope Clinic v. Ryan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 26, 1999No. Nos. 98-1726, 99-2528, 99-2533PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
We must decide whether state laws prohibiting partial-birth abortions are unconstitutionally vague or unduly burden women’s rights. Acting without an evidentiary hearing, a district court held the Illinois statute unconstitutional and entered a permanent injunction. Hope Clinic v. Ryan, 995 F.Supp. 847 (N.D.Ill.1998). But after a trial, another district court concluded that the Wisconsin statute is valid. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Doyle, 44 F.Supp.2d 975 (W.D.Wis.1999). A panel of this court earlier had ordered preliminary relief against Wisconsin’s law,…
2Cases cited61 opinions
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