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ABELE v. MARKLE

Civ. No. 14291.

342 F.Supp. 800 (1972)

Janice ABELE et al., Plaintiffs, v. Arnold MARKLE, State's Attorney for New Haven County, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

April 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marilyn P. A. Seichter, Hartford, Conn., Catherine G. Roraback, Ann C. Hill, Co-counsel, New Haven, Conn., Kathryn Emmett, Bridgeport, Conn., Marjorie Gelb, West Hartford, Conn., Barbara Milstein, New Haven, Conn., Nancy Stearns, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Daniel Schaefer, Asst. Atty. Gen., George D. Stoughton, Chief Asst. State's Atty., Hartford, Conn., for defendants.

Peter Tyrrell, Waterbury, Conn., and Joseph P. Nucera, Bridgeport, Conn., amicus curiae, for defendants.

Before LUMBARD, Circuit Judge, and NEWMAN and CLARIE, District Judges.

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.

In Connecticut, statutes prohibit all abortions,1 all attempts at abortion,2 and all aid, advice and encouragement to bring about abortion,3 unless necessary to preserve the life of the mother or the fetus. These statutes are challenged by Dorothy Doe, pregnant, married, and a Connecticut resident, and by numerous...

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