Legal Opinion
Planned Parenthood of Wiscons v. Brad D. Schimel
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 23, 2015No. 15-1736PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
On July 5, 2013, 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 privi- ■ leges at a hospital no more than 80 miles from the clinic in which the abortion is performed. Wis. Stat. § 253.095(2).
A doctor granted admitting privileges by a hospital…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington)Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Doe v. BoltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. DanforthSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Whole Woman's Health v. HellerstedtSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
- Victor K. Williams v. Jacob LewCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2016
- Planned Parenthood of Ind. & Ky., Inc. v. Comm'r of the Ind. State Dep't of HealthCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018
- June Medical Services, L.L.C. v. James CaldCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2018
- EMW Women's Surgical Center v. Eric FriedlanderCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2020
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