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FISCHER v. DEPARTMENT OF PUB. WELFARE

509 Pa. 293 (1985)

502 A.2d 114

Joanne FISCHER, et al., Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 5, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Kolbert, Susan Cary Nicholas, Seth Kreimer, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Stanley Slipakoff General Counsel, Philadelphia, Andrew S. Gordon Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

This case does not concern the right to an abortion. In Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 93 S.Ct. 705, 35 L.Ed.2d 147 (1973), reh. den. 410 U.S. 959, 93 S.Ct. 1409, 35 L.Ed.2d 694 (1973), sweeping aside previous prohibitions, the Supreme Court bottomed the right to expel an unwanted pregnancy on the choice of the private uses of one's body. The question here, is whether, because this Commonwealth...

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