Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 22, 2001No. Docket No. 00-6104PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
The principal issues on this appeal are whether Congress, in enacting in 1996 what is usually called the Welfare Reform Act (“the Act”),1 prohibited most female illegal (technically “unqualified”) aliens from receiving Medicaid-sponsored prenatal care, and, if so, whether that restriction is unconstitutional with respect to either the alien mothers or their United States citizen children. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (“Secretary”) appeals from the January 19, 2000, order of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York…
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