Legal Opinion
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Doyle
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 3, 1998No. 98-2521PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from the denial (reported at 9 F.Supp.2d 1033 (W.D.Wis.1998)) of a motion for a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of a recently enacted Wisconsin statute that decrees life imprisonment for anyone who performs a “partial birth abortion.” Wis. Stat. §§ 939.50(3)(a), 940.16(2). We stayed both the enforcement of the statute and further proceedings in the district court pending the decision of this appeal.
The statute defines a partial birth abortion as “an abortion in which a person partially *465vaginally delivers a living child, causes the death of…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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