DOE v. ZIMMERMAN

Civ. No. 74-897.

405 F.Supp. 534 (1975)

Deborah DOE and Dee Do, Individually and on behalf of all other women similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Leroy ZIMMERMAN, Individually and as District Attorney of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and on behalf of himself and all other District Attorneys in Pennsylvania except those in Allegheny and Philadelphia Counties, Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Pennsylvania.

December 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. David Pauline, Central Pa. Legal Services, Harrisburg, Pa., Alan N. Linder, Lancaster, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Marion MacIntyre, Edward Friedman, Harrisburg, Pa., for defendants.

Before ADAMS, Circuit Judge, and HERMAN and MUIR, District Judges.


OPINION

MUIR, District Judge.

This class action contests the validity of certain sections of the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act, 1974, P.L. 639, No. 209, 35 P.S. § 6601 et seq. The challenged provisions are § 3(b)(i) which requires a husband's consent prior to the performance of an abortion, § 3(b)(ii) which requires parental consent prior to the performance of an abortion on an unmarried minor, §§ 5(a) and 6(b) which require...

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