ZBARAZ v. QUERN

No. 77 C 4522.

469 F.Supp. 1212 (1979)

David ZBARAZ, M.D., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Arthur F. QUERN, etc., Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

April 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Lehrer, Aviva Futorian, Wendy Meltzer, Legal Asst. Foundation of Chicago, Aviva Futorian, Lois J. Lipton, David Goldberger, Robert Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., Robert W. Bennett, James D. Weill, Robert E. Lehrer, Robert W. Bennett, Aviva Futorian, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

James T. Hynes, U. S. Atty., Ann F. Cohen, Barbara A. Babcock, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Jonathan Ginsburg, Justice Dept. Civil Litigation Div., Washington, D. C., for intervenor.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., William Wenzel, Jean Golden, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., John D. Gorby and Thomas J. Marzen, Patrick A. Trueman, Dennis J. Horan, Americans United for Life Legal Defense Fund, Chicago, Ill., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

GRADY, District Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this class action1 under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 to enjoin enforcement of a 1977 Illinois statute withdrawing medical assistance funding in Illinois for all abortions except those "necessary for the preservation of the life of the [pregnant] woman." P.A. 80-1091, Ill.Rev. Stat.Supp.1978, ch. 23, Sections 5-5, 6-1, 7-1.

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