Legal Opinion
Forbes v. Napolitano
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 29, 2000No. 99-17372PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge SCHROEDER; Concurrence by Judge SNEED.
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge
Plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of an Arizona statute that criminalizes any medical “experimentation” or “investigation” involving fetal tissue from induced abortions unless necessary to perform a “routine pathological examination” or to diagnose a maternal or fetal condition that prompted the abortion. The plaintiffs include individuals suffering from Parkinson’s disease who because of the statute are unable in Arizona to receive transplants of fetal brain tissue that many medical experts believe hold…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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