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BEECHAM v. LEAHY

No. 1-72.

287 A.2d 836 (1972)

Jacqueline R. and Jackson B. BEECHAM, M.D. v. Patrick J. LEAHY and James M. Jeffords.

Supreme Court of Vermont, Chittenden.

Reargument Denied February 8, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew I. Katz, Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., Burlington, for Jacqueline R.

Willis E. Higgins, Starksboro, for Jackson B. Beecham, M.D.

James M. Jeffords, Atty. Gen., and H. Russell Morss, Asst. Atty. Gen., for James M. Jeffords.

Patrick J. Leahy, pro se.

Before SHANGRAW, BARNEY, SMITH and KEYSER, JJ., and DALEY, Superior Judge.

BARNEY, Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment proceeding intended to test the validity of Vermont criminal law relating to abortions. The plaintiffs are a certain unmarried pregnant woman and a doctor she has consulted in connection with her condition. The matter is here following a ruling sustaining the motion to dismiss interposed by the defendant state's attorney of the county of residence, and by the attorney general...

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