Bigelow v. Commonwealth

On September 1, 1972, this Court affirmed, by opinion, the conviction of Jeffery C. Bigelow for encouraging or prompting the procuring of abortion by an advertisement in the Virginia Weekly, a newspaper published in Charlottesville, in violation of Code § 18.1-63. 213 Va. 191,191 S.E.2d 173.

On July 25, 1973, the Clerk of this Court received from the Supreme Court of the United States a copy of an order dated July 23, 1973, entered in the Bigelow case, voiding the judgment of this Court and remanding the case “for further consideration in light of Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973); and Doe v.…