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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS v. VAN DE KAMP

Docket No. A040911.

214 Cal.App.3d 831 (1989)

263 Cal. Rptr. 46

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. JOHN K. VAN DE KAMP, as Attorney General, etc., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

October 12, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Richard D. Martland, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Charlton G. Holland, Assistant Attorney General, and Elisabeth C. Brandt, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendants and Appellants.

Priest, Gaffaney & Teal, Cyrus Zal, Clarke D. Forsythe, Kevin J. Todd, Lynn D. Wardle, James M. Braden, Samuel B. Casey, Dennis Harvey and Ann-Louise Lohr as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants. Linda E. Shostak, Annette P. Carnegie, George C. Aguilar, Morrison & Foerster, Abigail English, Margaret C. Crosby and Carol Sobel for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Geraldine Jaffe, Lorraine L. Loder, Pearl Lattaker, Susan Formaker, Mona Ehrenreich, Farella, Braun & Martel and Ann G. Daniels as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.

OPINION

STEIN, J. —

INTRODUCTION

The issue before this court today is not the morality or immorality of abortion. "The morality of abortion is not a legal or constitutional issue; it is a matter of philosophy, of ethics, and of theology. It is a subject upon which reasonable people can, and do, adhere to vastly divergent convictions and principles." (Committee to Defend Reproductive Rights v. Myers ...

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