Legal Opinion
Women's Health Services, Inc. v. Maher
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided May 6, 1981No. Civ. H-79-405PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON DEFENDANTS’ AND THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS
BLUMENFELD, District Judge.
On January 7, 1980, this court ordered the Connecticut Department of Social Services to extend Medicaid benefits to eligible women requiring medically necessary abortions. Women’s Health Services v. Maher, 482 F.Supp. 725, 735-36 (D.Conn.), vacated and remanded, 636 F.2d 23 (2d Cir. 1980). The court held that a Connecticut regulation (“section 275”) allowing Medicaid reimbursement for abortion services only when “on the basis of his professional judgment, the attending physician has certified in…
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