Legal Opinion
Abele v. Markle
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided September 20, 1972No. Civ. B-521PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
NEWMAN, District Judge:
The issue in this case is the constitutionality of Connecticut’s recently enacted law prohibiting all abortions except those necessary to save the physical life of the mother.1 Public Act No. 1, May 1972, special session. The case is an outgrowth of previous litigation before the same judges who comprise this Court. Our prior decision, rendered on April 18, 1972, declared unconstitutional §§ 53-29, 53-30, and 53-31 of the Connecticut General Statutes, statutes enacted in 1860 that had prohibited abortions subject to virtually the same exception as…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Lewis v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Abele v. MarkleDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1973
- Doe v. IsraelDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1973
- Harman v. DanielsDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1981
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