Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Services Corp. v. Owens

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

MILLER, District Judge.

Introduction

The issue of this case is whether the Colorado Parental Notification Act (Act)1, Colo.Rev.Stat. §§ 12-37.5-101, et seq. (1998), which requires a physician to notify the parents of a minor prior to performing an abortion upon her, violates the minor’s rights protected by the United States Constitution.

The organizational plaintiffs are corporations that provide abortion services to women under the age of eighteen. The individual plaintiffs are physicians in the state of Colorado who perform abortions. The plaintiffs bring this…