Legal Opinion
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists v. Thornburgh
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 9, 1987No. Civ. A. 82-4346PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HUYETT, District Judge.
The Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act (Act), 18 Pa.Cons.Stat. §§ 3201-3220 (1983), became law on June 11, 1982. Plaintiffs immediately filed suit challenging the constitutionality of a number of its provisions, and moved for a preliminary injunction. I granted a preliminary injunction as to section 3205 1 and held the remainder of the Act constitutional. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists v. Thornburgh, 552 F.Supp. 791 (E.D.Pa.1982).
Cross-appeals were filed before the Third Circuit, which granted a stay of enforcement of the Act pending appeal.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Bellotti v. BairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and GynecologistsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Planned Parenthood Assn. of Kansas City, Mo., Inc. v. AshcroftSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Simopoulos v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona v. LawallCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Planned Parenthood v. CaseyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1990
- Akron Center for Reproductive Health v. SlabyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Planned Parenthood Ass'n of the Atlanta Area v. HarrisDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1987
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SE PENNSYLVANIA v. CaseyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
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