Legal Opinion
Robbie Mae Hathaway v. Worcester City Hospital
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 22, 1973No. 72-1114PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
Appellant, who has had twelve pregnancies resulting in eight live offspring, and whose life would be jeopardized by future pregnancies, challenges as unconstitutional the policy of the Worcester City Hospital barring the use of its facilities in connection with any consensual sterilization.
The following facts are established by the record. Appellant, married and 36 years old at the time of the complaint, suffers from high blood pressure and an umbilical hernia which, in addition to the sheer number of past pregnancies, render future pregnancies a risk to her life. Her…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Dunn v. BlumsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Eisenstadt v. BairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by59 opinions
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- In Re GradySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1981
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- Jane Doe and Herbert F. Sandmire, M.D. v. Bellin Memorial HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- George W. Nyberg v. The City of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
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