COMMITTEE TO DEFEND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS v. MYERS

Docket Nos. S.F. 24069, 24053, 24192.

29 Cal.3d 252 (1981)

625 P.2d 779

172 Cal. Rptr. 866

COMMITTEE TO DEFEND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. BEVERLEE A. MYERS, as Director, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents. COMMITTEE TO DEFEND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS et al., Petitioners, v. KENNETH CORY, as State Controller, et al., Respondents. COMMITTEE TO DEFEND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS et al., Petitioners, v. JESSE M. UNRUH, as State Treasurer, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

March 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Patti Roberts, Tamara Dahn, Michelle Murphy, Barbara Weiner, Abigail English, Pauline Tesler, Vilma Martinez, Carmen Estrada, Linda Hanten, Nancy L. Davis, Joan Messing Graff, Margaret C. Crosby, Alan L. Schlosser, Amitai Schwartz, Fred Okrand, Mark D. Rosenbaum, Terry Smerling and Ralph Santiago Abascal for Plaintiffs and Appellants and for Petitioners.

Dorothy T. Lang, Sylvia Drew Ivie, Diane Morrison, Roberta Ranstrom, Barbara Steinhardt, William G. Harris, Larson, Weiberg & Harris, James R. Abernathy II, Jan G. Levine, Alletta d'A. Belin, Timothy B. Flynn, Carlyle W. Hall, Jr., A. Thomas Hunt, John R. Phillips, David E. Willett and Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers & Huber as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

George Deukmejian and Evelle J. Younger, Attorneys General, Charlton G. Holland and Asher Rubin, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.

Burton Shamsky, Shamsky & Vreeland, George D. Crook, Richard J. Morillo, Ochoa, Holderness, Barbosa & Crook, Robert A. Destro, James Bopp, Jr., and Francis X. Driscoll as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

Plaintiffs, representing indigent women throughout the state, challenge the constitutionality under the California Constitution of provisions in the 1978, 1979, and 1980 California Budget Acts that limit Medi-Cal funding for abortions. Although the acts differ in minor respects, all afford full funding of medical expenses incurred by indigent women who decide to bear...

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