Legal Opinion

A Woman's Choice-East Side Women's Clinic v. Newman

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided August 7, 1996No. 94S00-9511-CQ-1270PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana has certified 1 to us certain questions about the medical emergency exception 2 to Indiana's new abortion law ("Public Law 187") so that it may resolve a facial challenge to the abortion law's constitutionality. The certified questions are:

(A) Does the definition except a woman from compliance with Ind.Code § 16-34-2-1.1 when such compliance would in any way pose a significant threat to the life or health of the woman?

(B) Does the definition except a woman from compliance with Ind.Code § 16-34-2-1.1…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. Doe v. BoltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. United States v. VuitchSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Brian Majors v. Marsha AbellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
  2. 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
  3. Spencer Tunick v. Howard Safir, in His Official Capacity as the Police Commissioner of the City of New York, and the City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
  4. Brownsburg Area Patrons Affecting Change v. BaldwinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
  5. Noble County v. RogersIndiana Supreme Court · 2001

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