PEOPLE v. BARKSDALE

Docket No. Crim. 15866.

8 Cal.3d 320 (1972)

503 P.2d 257

105 Cal. Rptr. 1

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ROBERT W. BARKSDALE, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 22, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Edward A. Hinz, Jr., Chief Assistant Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Charles R.B. Kirk and Derald E. Granberg, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Musick, Peeler & Garrett, James E. Ludlam, Robert D. Girard, Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers & Huber, Howard Hassard, Lawrence W. Kessenick and James F. Kemp as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Mintz, Giller, Himmelman & Mintz, Herman W. Mintz and Morton B. Goldstein for Defendant and Respondent.

A.L. Wirin, Fred Okrand, Roy Lucas, Barbara Ashley Phillips, Pat Kowitz, Joan K. Bradford, Zad Leavy, Levinson, Rowen, Klein & Leavy, Norma G. Zarky, Alan F. Charles, Johnson C. Montgomery, Laurence R. Sperber, Paul N. Halvonik, Charles C. Marson, Terry J. Hatter, Jerome Levine, Roblin J. Williamson, Roland E. Brandel, August B. Rothschild, Jr., and Judith G. Kleinberg as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Walter R. Trinkaus, J.J. Brandlin, James E. Ryan, Ray E. McAllister, Andrews, Andrews, Thaxter & Jones, John F. Duff, Richard G. Logan, Curran, Golden, McDevitt & Martin and William R. Kennedy as Amici Curiae.


OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

The People seek to prosecute a licensed physician for a violation of Penal Code section 274 (abortion). (Amended Stats. 1967, ch. 327, § 3.) At issue is the constitutionality of the 1967 Therapeutic Abortion Act. (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 25950-25954.)1

California has traditionally authorized abortions in limited circumstances. Under the terms of the 1967 enactment...

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