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HOPE MEDICAL GROUP FOR WOMEN v. EDWARDS

No. 94-30445.

63 F.3d 418 (1995)

HOPE MEDICAL GROUP FOR WOMEN, on behalf of itself and the Medicaid-eligible women of the State of Louisiana to whom it provides health care, and Ifeanyi Charles Okpalobi, M.D., on behalf of himself and his Medicaid-eligible patients seeking abortions, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Edwin EDWARDS, Governor of the State of Louisiana, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 11, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy A. Mongrue, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard P. Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, LA, for appellants.

Paul Benjamin Linton, Associate Gen. Counsel, Clarke D. Forsythe, Americans United for Life, Chicago, IL, for amici, Louisiana Legislature.

Sidney M. Bach, Bach & Wasserman, Metairie, LA, for Dr. Okpalobi.

Simon Heller, The Center for Reproductive Law & Policy, New York City, William E. Rittenberg, New Orleans, LA, for Hope Medical, Zora H. and Dr. Okpalobi.

Before WISDOM, GARWOOD and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal centers on the complex issue of public funding for abortions. The plaintiffs, Hope Medical Group for Women and Dr. Ifeanyi Okpalobi, filed suit in federal district court on behalf of their Medicaid-eligible patients seeking to enjoin Louisiana from enforcing a state statute prohibiting the state's Medicaid program from funding abortions except in cases where an abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother. The district...

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