Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona v. Neely

MEMORANDUM DECISION

MARQUEZ, Senior District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs originally filed this action on August 29, 1989 to enjoin the Defendants from enforcing the prior version of AR.S. § 36-2152, which required minor women to obtain parental consent prior to an abortion and imposed criminal penalties on physicians violating the statute. By Order dated September 14, 1992, this Court found that language dealing with “Medical Procedure with Respect to an Abortion” was unconstitutionally vague and further determined that the Statute’s medical emergency applied only in life-threatening cases…