PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEAST, INC. v. BENTLEY

Civil Action No. 2:13cv405-MHT.

951 F.Supp.2d 1280 (2013)

PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEAST, INC., on behalf of its patients, physicians, and staff, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Robert BENTLEY, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Alabama, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

June 28, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexa Kolbi-Molinas , Andrew David Beck , Jennifer Dalven , American Civil Liberties Foundation, New York, NY, Carrie Y. Flaxman , Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Washington, DC, Roger Kraus Evans , Planned Parenthood Federation of America, New York, NY, M. Wayne Sabel, Sr. , Sabel & Sabel, P.C., Montgomery, AL, Randall C. Marshall , ACLU Foundation of Alabama, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiffs.

Andrew L. Brasher , John Cowles Neiman, Jr. , Laura Elizabeth Howell , William G. Parker, Jr. , Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, Carrie Ellis McCollum , David Biwson Byrne, Jr. , Office of the Governor, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants Robert Bentley, Luther Strange, Ellen Brooks, Brandon K. Falls, and Ashley Rich.

Patricia Elaine Ivie , Phillip Brian Hale , Alabama Department of Public Health, Montgomery, AL, for Defendant Donald E. Williamson.

James Robert Seale , Hill Hill Carter Franco Cole & Black, Montgomery, AL, for Defendant George C. Smith, Jr.

Wayne Paulk Turner , Wayne P. Turner , Attorney at Law, Montgomery, AL, for Defendant James E. West.

Barbara Jean Wells , Chad Wesley Bryan , Capell & Howard, P.C., Montgomery, AL, for Defendant Martha Lavender.


OPINION AND ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

This lawsuit challenges recent Alabama legislation that would require all physicians who perform abortions at the State's licensed abortion clinics to obtain staff privileges at a local hospital. Plaintiffs Planned Parenthood Southeast Inc., Reproductive Health Services, and June Ayers, RN, on behalf of themselves, their patients, physicians, and staff, allege that, if enacted, this legislation would violate...

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