Legal Opinion
State of Georgia, by Its Department of Medical Assistance v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 16, 1985No. 84-8472PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
This dispute is a product of the litigation concerning the congressional funding restrictions collectively known as the Hyde Amendment, which directed that no federal funds appropriated to pay the federal share of the Medicaid program were to be used to finance certain abortions. 1 Until the United States Supreme Court finally decided that this prohibition against use of federal funds was constitutional and that it relieved the states of any obligation to fund such abortions, the state agency in Georgia was under a federal court injunction to pay for these abortions. It…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Harris v. McRaeSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. LarionoffSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. MortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. ZbarazSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- McRae v. CalifanoDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1980
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3Cited by13 opinions
- New Mexico Right to Choose/NARAL v. JohnsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1998
- State, Department of Health & Social Services v. Planned Parenthood of Alaska, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 2001
- Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning v. SullivanDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1991
- Illinois v. United States Department of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Alacare Home Health Services, Inc. v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
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