CROSSEN v. BRECKENRIDGE

No. 20852.

446 F.2d 833 (1971)

Phillip CROSSEN, Fran Pozzuto, Peter Scott, Pat Craddock and Lexington Women's Liberation Group, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John BRECKENRIDGE, Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and George Barker, Commonwealth Attorney for the 22nd Judicial District of Kentucky, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

June 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Allen Sedler, Lexington, Ky., (William H. Allison, Jr., Lexington, Ky., on the brief), for appellants.

Michael R. Moloney, Asst. Commonwealth Atty., 22nd Judicial District, Lexington, Ky., for George E. Barker.

M. Curran Clem, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Ky., for John Breckenridge.

Before EDWARDS, MILLER and KENT, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAM E. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from the dismissal of a complaint challenging the constitutionality of the Kentucky anti-abortion statute, Ky.Rev.Stat. 436.020.1 The appellants are Phillip Crossen, a physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, a pregnant woman, Pat Craddock, who allegedly has been denied an abortion, Fran Pozzuto, a non-pregnant woman, Peter Scott, a minister, and a women's rights organization...

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