WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER OF WEST COUNTY v. WEBSTER

No. 88-1663.

871 F.2d 1377 (1989)

WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER OF WEST COUNTY, INC., Women's Health Center of Cape Girardeau, Inc., Women's Health Center of St. Peter's Inc., Bolivar M. Escobedo, M.D., On behalf of themselves, other medical care providers similarly situated and their patients and clients, and C.J.E., On behalf of pregnant women similarly situated, Appellants, v. William L. WEBSTER, State of Missouri, George "Buzz" R. Westfall, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Toarmina, Clayton, Mo., for appellants.

Jerry L. Short, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This case involves plaintiffs' constitutional challenges to four sections of the Missouri statute governing abortions.1 The four challenged sections are Mo.Rev.Stat. § 188.080, requiring that physicians performing abortions maintain surgical privileges at a hospital providing obstetrical and gynecological care; § 188.010, stating the Missouri legislature's intention...

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