Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Brunelle
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 13, 1972PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
Brunelle (see Commonwealth v. Brunelle, 341 Mass. 675) was indicted for violation of G. L. c. 272, § 19, 1 in using an instrument upon the body of a woman (the young woman) with intent to procure an abortion. On February 26, 1970, a Superior Court judge (the motion judge) denied a substitute motion 2 to dismiss the indictment. He heard medical evidence concerning (a) current methods of accomplishing abortions and (b) the greatly increased safety of certain types of abortion. There was also testimony about somewhat varying medical views on abortion. The judge declined to receive evidence…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Doe v. BoltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Rosenberg v. FleutiSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RodriquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Dillon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
- Commonwealth v. PauleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. HaleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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