Legal Opinion
Baird v. Bellotti
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 28, 1975No. Civ. A. 74-4992-FPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge, JULIAN, Senior District Judge, and FREEDMAN, District Judge.
ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an action brought as a class action, to enjoin, as unconstitutional on its face, the enforcement of a Massachusetts statute, Mass.G.L. c. 112, § 12P, enacted to take effect November 1, 1974, by Mass.Acts 1974, c. 706. The statute makes it a criminal offense to perform an abortion upon a minor without the consent of both parents as well as that of the minor, with certain exceptions, the most important being that the parents’ refusal may be overruled by…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Bellotti v. BairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Bellotti v. BairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Planned Parenthood Association v. FitzpatrickDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
- Baird v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Ralph M. Wynn, M.D. v. Bernard Carey, State's Attorney for County of Cook, Illinois, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
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