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Emw Women's Surgical Ctr. v. Meier

District Court, W.D. Kentucky

Decided May 10, 2019No. CIVIL ACTION NO: 3:18-CV-00224-JHMPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJoseph H. Mckinley Jr., District Judge

This matter came before the court for a bench trial that commended on November 13, 2018 and concluded on November 19, 2018. The court has reviewed the parties' post-trial briefs and the evidence at trial, and its findings of facts and conclusions of law are set forth below.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Procedural History

Plaintiffs, a Kentucky abortion facility and its two board-certified obstetrician-gynecologists ("OB-GYN") Drs. Ashlee Bergin and Tanya Franklin, challenge the *812constitutionality of a recently enacted Kentucky abortion law. The law at issue regulates second-trimester abortion procedures and…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Singleton v. WulffSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Washington v. GlucksbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. Stenberg v. CarhartSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  5. Gonzales v. CarhartSupreme Court of the United States · 2007

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. EMW Women's Surgical Center v. Eric FriedlanderCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2020
  2. Bernard v. Individual Members of the Ind. Med. Licensing Bd.District Court, S.D. Indiana · 2019
  3. Cameron v. EMW Women's Surgical Center, P. S. C.Supreme Court of the United States · 2022
  4. Cameron v. EMW Women's Surgical Center, P. S. C.Supreme Court of the United States · 2022
  5. Cameron v. EMW Women's Surgical Center, P. S. C.Supreme Court of the United States · 2022

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