ROE v. ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS

No. 12143-PR.

113 Ariz. 178 (1976)

549 P.2d 150

Jane ROE, for herself and as a class for all those similarly situated, Appellant, v. ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, a body corporate, and Bruce E. Babbitt, Attorney General of the State of Arizona, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pollock & Fisher by Elaine S. Pollock and Barbara E. Fisher, Tucson, Arizona Public Law Advocates by Barbara E. Fisher, Tucson, for appellant.

Bruce E. Babbitt, Atty. Gen., by John S. O'Dowd, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tucson, for appellees.


HOLOHAN, Justice.

Jane Roe, a nineteen-year-old unmarried female, filed an action against the Arizona Board of Regents and the Attorney General seeking a declaratory judgment that an Arizona statute prohibiting certain types of abortions at the University Hospital was unconstitutional. Summary judgment was granted in favor of the defendants. On appeal, Division Two of the Court of Appeals reversed the decision of the superior court, and we granted review. The opinion...

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