Legal Opinion
Anspach v. City of Philadelphia, Department of Public Health
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 21, 2007No. 05-3632PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEE, Circuit Judge.
Melissa Anspach and her parents brought this action against the city of Philadelphia (the “City”) and certain of its employees and agents, including the City’s Health Department and the Commissioner of Public Health. Melissa is a 16-year-old unemancipated minor. They allege that agents of the City violated Melissa’s constitutionally protected right to bodily integrity and parental guidance, as well as her parents’ constitutional right to familial privacy and their parental liberty, by providing Melissa with emergency contraception without notifying her parents, or…
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