Women's Health Services, Inc. v. Maher

FEINBERG, Chief Judge:

Defendants Edward W. Maher and Henry E. Parker appeal from orders of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, M. Joseph Blumenfeld, J., that held unconstitutional a Connecticut regulation providing public funds for abortions only when the mother’s life would otherwise be endangered and that enjoined state officials from refusing to provide reimbursement to those otherwise eligible for medically necessary abortions.1 For reasons set forth below, we vacate the orders of the district court, and remand the case for further proceedings in light of the…