Legal Opinion
Coe v. County of Cook
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 4, 1998No. 98-1164PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Cook County, Illinois, owns the Cook County Hospital, which caters primarily to what used to be called “charity” patients; it does not turn away patients on the ground of inability to pay. In 1992 the County issued guidelines for the performance of abortions at the hospital. The guidelines track the Supreme Court’s current views on the permissible scope of state regulation of abortions, and thus do not require notice to or the consent of the father of a fetus that the mother wants to abort. Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833, 887-98, 112…
2Cases cited58 opinions
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- Carnegie-Mellon University v. CohillSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Baker v. McCollanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Paul v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by26 opinions
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