FISCHER ET AL. v. PennDPW.

No. 896 C.D. 1988.

116 Pa.Commw. 437 (1988)

543 A.2d 177

JoAnne Fischer et al., Petitioners v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare et al., Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

May 31, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stefan Presser, American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, with him, Seth F. Kreimer, University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and Kathryn Kolbert, Woman's Law Project, for petitioners.

Gregory R. Neuhauser, Senior Deputy Attorney General, with him, Kate L. Mershimer, Deputy Attorney General, John G. Knorr, III, Senior Deputy Attorney General, and LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Attorney General, for respondents.

Heard May 5, 1988, before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR.


OPINION BY PRESIDENT JUDGE CRUMLISH, JR., May 31, 1988:

Petitioners1 have filed a motion for preliminary injunction in our original jurisdiction, 42 Pa. C. S. §761, to enjoin the enforcement of provisions of Act 31 of 1988 which amend Sections 3215(c)(2), (3), and 3215(j)(1)-(3) (Act 31)2 of the Commonwealth's Abortion Control Act, 18 Pa. C. S...

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