Legal Opinion
Planned Parenthood League of Mass. v. Bellotti
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 11, 1985No. Civ. A. 80-1166-MAPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MAZZONE, District Judge.
This is a class action for declaratory and injunctive relief in which the plaintiffs allege that Section 12S of the Massachusetts abortion statute, Mass.Gen.Laws ch. 112 § 12S, is unconstitutional as administered and as applied. Section 12S governs inter alia, judicial authorization for minors’ abortions.
The class plaintiffs are Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Crittenton Hastings House and Clinic, Phillip G. Stubblefield, M.D. and Jane Doe, an unmarried pregnant woman under the age of 18 (hereinafter referred to collectively as Planned…
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