Legal Opinion
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Doyle
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided June 4, 1999No. 98-C-305-SPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
SHABAZ, Chief Judge.
At issue in this matter is the constitutionality of 1997 Wisconsin Act 219, codified at Wis. Stat. §§ 895.038 and 940.16 (the “Act”).
The Act forbids any person from intentionally performing a “partial-birth abortion.” Wis. Stat. § 940.16(2).' It defines “partial-birth abortion” as “an abortion in which a person partially vaginally delivers a living child, causes the death of the partially delivered child with the intent to kill the child, and then completes delivery of the child.” Wis. Stat. § 940.16(l)(b). “Child” is defined as a “human being from the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Bowers v. HardwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wolman v. WalterSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. Alan Masters, Michael J. Corbitt, and James D. KeatingCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- State v. CarpenterWisconsin Supreme Court · 1995
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Stenberg v. CarhartSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- A Woman's Choice-East Side Women's Clinic v. Scott C. Newman, Prosecuting Attorney for Marion County Indiana, on Behalf of a Class of ProsecutorsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- Hope Clinic v. RyanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Richmond Medical Center for Women v. GilmoreDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1999
- Leroy Carhart v. Don StenbergCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
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