Legal Opinion
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc. v. Van Hollen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 20, 2013No. 13-2726PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
On July 5 of this year, the Governor of Wisconsin signed into law a statute that the Wisconsin .legislature had passed the previous month. So far as relates to this appeal, the statute prohibits a doctor, under threat of heavy penalties if he defies the prohibition, from performing an abortion (and in Wisconsin only doctors are allowed to perform abortions, Wis. Stat. § 940.15(5)) unless he has admitting privileges at a hospital no more than 30 miles from the clinic in which the abortion is performed. Wis. Stat. § 253.095(2).
A doctor granted admitting privileges by a…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Mazurek v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Doe v. BoltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by71 opinions
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- Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Surgical Health Services v. AbbottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
- Planned Parenthood of Arizona v. William HumbleCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
- University of Notre Dame v. Kathleen SebeliusCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014
- Planned Parenthood of Wiscons v. Brad D. SchimelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
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