Legal Opinion
Evelyn Fitzgerald v. Porter Memorial Hospital
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 26, 1975No. 74-1949PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEVENS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the question whether a mother, her husband, or their doctor has a constitutional right to have the father present during the birth of a child.
Porter Memorial Hospital, a public hospital, maintains and enforces a policy “prohibiting the presence of any person or persons in the Delivery Rooms located in the Obstetrics Ward other than members of the Medical Staff and Nursing Staff.”1 Plaintiffs are married couples who have completed training courses in the psychoprophylactic or La-Maze method of childbirth.2 At the time of the filing of the complaint…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Glenn R. Mahone and Harvey L. Mahone v. David S. Waddle, Albert B. Ellway, Jr. And the City of PittsburghCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Georgia Mae Downs v. Roberta SawtelleCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Gentile v. WallenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Shirley DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otto E. PASSMAN, Congressman of the United States, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Margaret S. v. EdwardsDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1980
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