AM. COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS, ETC. v. THORNBURGH

Civ. A. No. 82-4336.

552 F.Supp. 791 (1982)

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS, PENNSYLVANIA SECTION, et al. v. Richard THORNBURGH, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

December 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence Z. Shiekman, Thomas E. Zemaitis, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Kathryn Kolbert, Women's Law Project, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Andrew S. Gordon, Deputy Atty. Gen., Com. of Pa., Harrisburg, Pa., for defendants.

John E. McKeever, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., amicus.


MEMORANDUM

HUYETT, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is an action for declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to the United States Constitution and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in which the plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act (Act), 18 Pa.Con.Stat.Ann. §§ 3201-3220. I have subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343(a)(3), & 1343(a)(4). Before me is plaintiffs...

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