COUNTY EXEC., PRINCE GEO'S CO. v. DOE

[No. 1, September Term, 1981.]

291 Md. 676 (1981)

436 A.2d 459

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY ET AL. v. JANE DOE ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Ostrom, County Attorney, and Michael P. DeGeorge, Associate County Attorney, with whom was Michael O. Connaughton, Deputy County Attorney, on the brief, for appellants.

Larry A. Ceppos and Maurice R. Dunie, with whom were Martin H. Freeman and Bulman, Dunie, Freeman, Burke & Feld on the brief, for appellee Executive Committee of the Medical Staff of Prince George's General Hospital et al. and by Carla S. Rappaport, with whom were Stephen A. Friedman, Shelly E. Mintz and Baskin & Sears on the brief, for other appellees.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.


MURPHY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

At issue in this case is the legality of an executive order promulgated by Lawrence Hogan, the County Executive of Prince George's County, Maryland, prohibiting the performance of abortions at all county-owned or operated hospitals unless necessary to save the life of the mother. The Circuit Court for Prince George's County (Chasanow, J.), acting upon declaratory judgment actions...

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