GAINESVILLE WOMAN CARE v. STATE

No. SC16-381.

210 So.3d 1243 (2017)

GAINESVILLE WOMAN CARE, LLC, et al., Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 16, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Kaye and Susan Talcott Camp of American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York; Benjamin James Stevenson of American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida, Pensacola, Florida; Nancy Abudu of American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida, Miami, Florida, for Petitioner Gainesville Woman Care, LLC.

Autumn Katz of Center for Reproductive Rights, New York, New York, for Petitioner Medical Students for Choice.

Richard Errol Johnson of the Law Office of Richard E. Johnson, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioners.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Denise Mayo Harle , Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, Florida, for Respondents.

Catherine Millas Kaiman , Coral Gables, Florida, for Amici Curiae Experts and Organizations Supporting Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, and Trafficking.

Elliot H. Scherker , Julissa Rodriguez , Stephanie Lauren Varela , and Katherine Marie Clemente of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, Florida, for Amicus Curiae National Abortion Federation.

Angela Coin Vigil of Baker & McKenzie LLP, Miami, Florida; Jaclyn Pampel of Baker & McKenzie LLP, Palo Alto, California; and Catherine Y. Stillman of Baker & McKenzie LLP, New York, New York, for Amicus Curiae Bioethicists of Florida.

Matthew John Conigliaro of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Tampa, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Florida Right to Life, Inc.

Stephen Craig Emmanuel of Ausley McMullen, Tallahassee, Florida, for Amici Curiae Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, National Catholic Bioethics Center, Catholic Medical Association, and Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops.

David Charles Gibbs, III of National Center for Life and Liberty, Largo, Florida, for Amici Curiae Concerned Women for America and The National Legal Foundation.

Mathew Duane Staver , Anita Leigh Staver , Horatio Gabriel Mihet , and Roger K. Gannam of Liberty Counsel, Orlando, Florida, for Amici Curiae American College of Pediatricians and American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians and Gynecologists.


The issue in this case is whether the trial court properly applied strict scrutiny when reviewing the Mandatory Delay Law, which imposes an additional twenty-four hour waiting period on women seeking to terminate their pregnancies. See ch. 2015-118 § 1, Laws of Fla. (codified at § 390.0111(3), Fla. Stat...

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