The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
John B. NORTON, Defendant-Appellee.
The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Lawson Francis PALMER, Defendant-Appellant.
The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Thor JORGENSEN, Defendant-Appellant.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 5, 1973.
March 5, 1973.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David L. Wood, Dist. Atty., Stuart Van Meveren, Asst. Dist. Atty., Fort Collins, for plaintiff-appellant, People of State of Colo.
Walter L. Gerash, Denver, Fischer, Wilmarth & Hasler, Fort Collins, Roger Pomainville, Longmont, for defendant-appellee, Norton.
Charles J. Onofrio, Denver, for Colo. Right to Life Committee, a Colo. non profit corp., Birthright, Inc., a Colorado non profit corp., Archbishop Vehr Catholic Physicians Guild and individual listed physicians, on behalf of all unborn children in the State of Colo., amici curiae.
Richard D. Lamm, Denver, Roy Lucas, San Francisco, Cal., for Colo. Medical Society, The Colo. Public Health Assn., The Colo. Psychiatric Assn., The Colo. Psychological Society, The Colo. Assn. for Study of Abortion, and individual listed physicians, amici curiae.
John P. Moore, Atty. Gen., John E. Bush, Deputy Atty. Gen., E. Ronald Beeks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for People of State of Colo. in Nos. 25400 and 24972.
Rollie R. Rogers, Colo. State Public Defender, J. D. MacFarlane, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Kenneth J. Russell, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant, Palmer.
Rollie R. Rogers, Colo. State Public Defender, J. D. MacFarlane, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Randolph M. Karsh, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant, Jorgensen.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.
PRINGLE, Chief Justice.
For the purposes of this opinion, we have consolidated three cases now on appeal before this Court. They consist of People v. Norton, No. 25576, People v. Palmer, No. 25400, and People v. Jorgensen, No. 24972. In Norton the district court held the Colorado criminal abortion statute unconstitutional and the defendant was discharged. In Palmer and Jorgensen the trial courts held the Colorado criminal abortion statute constitutional...
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