Legal Opinion
Eubanks v. Stengel
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided November 5, 1998No. CIV. A. 398CV383-HPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HEYBURN, District Judge.
The Court is called upon to determine whether the Kentucky “Partial Birth Abortion Act,” Ky. Rev. Stat. § 311.720, et seq. (the “Act”) is valid and enforceable under the United States Constitution. Three physicians challenge the Act as unconstitutional because they say it prohibits almost every type of abortion procedure. 1 Defendants counter that the legislature meant to ban only one procedure — the partial birth abortion — which has become a prominent political and moral symbol in the continuing fight over abortion rights and the right to life. The…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Herbert Holmes, M.D. v. John Farmer, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey v. VernieroDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1998
- Causeway Medical Suite v. FosterDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1999
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