DOE v. PERCY

No. 79-C-367.

476 F.Supp. 324 (1979)

Jane DOE, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Dr. Dennis D. Christensen, M.D., Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Rev. Jude Michaels, Individually and on behalf of the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights; Coalition for Right to Choice, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Donald H. PERCY, Secretary of Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services, Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Wisconsin.

September 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond M. Dall'Osto of Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs.

F. Joseph Sensenbrenner, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Bronson C. La Follette, Atty. Gen., State of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., for defendant.

James E. Brennan of Brennan, Steil, Ryan, Basting & MacDougall, Janesville, Wis., for amici curiae.


OPINION AND ORDER

JAMES E. DOYLE, Chief Judge.

For the purpose of deciding plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, and for no other purpose, I find as fact those matters set forth hereinafter under the heading "Facts."

Facts

Plaintiff Jane Doe is an indigent pregnant woman, who at the time she filed her complaint was in the first trimester of pregnancy. The pregnancy was the result of contraceptive failure. She is eligible...

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